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Lionpower from MGM (1967)
"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five seasons" theme--fall, winter, spring, summer--plus a "fabulous fifth season". The main music is set to the rousing theme from "The Magnificent Yankee" composed by David Raksin in 1950. The promo is narrated by some of the best voice-over actors of the time, and is an excellent time capsule of a by-gone era.
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"Lionpower from MGM" (1967) is an exciting 60's promotional short subject, which showcases MGM's releases for the 1967-68 film season under a "five seasons" theme--fall, winter, spring, summer--plus a "fabulous fifth season". The main music is set to the rousing theme from "The Magnificent Yankee" composed by David Raksin in 1950. The promo is narrated by some of the best voice-over actors of the time, and is an excellent time capsule of a by-gone era.
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Genre:Documentary
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In Theaters:1/1/1967
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Runtime:27 minutes
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Director
Fred Foy
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Karl Weber
Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Alan Alda
Self - Lt. j.g. Morton Krim (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Aldrich
Self (uncredited)
Carroll Baker
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Bates
Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Carter
Self - Chief Gunners Mate Orville Toole (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dirk Bogarde
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jim Brown
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ernest Borgnine
Self - Barney Sheean (archive footage) (uncredited)
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