MGM Parade
(1955)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
Episode 30
4-04-1956
Host by Walter Pidgeon, presents the film career of the legendary Greta Garbo, starting with her brief European beginnings before moving to Hollywood silent films in the mid-1920's, her debut in talkies in 'Anna Christie' (1930), and taking the retrospective as far as the mid 1930's. Irene Papas discusses filming the 'Tribute to a Bad Man' (1956) starring James Cagney.
Haven't Seen
Episode 21
2-01-1956
30m
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper perform in a clip from "The Champ"; Russ Tamblyn introduces a clip from "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy.
6/10Haven't Seen
Episode 20
1-25-1956
30m
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Episode 19
1-18-1956
30m
Host George Murphy first introduces the song and dance number "The Babbit and the Bromide" performed by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies (1945), that number which satirizes clichéd social niceties. Next, several serial cartoonists are shown at work in the short film People on Paper (1945). Murph then introduces another short film, Ghost Treasure (1941), which details the treacherous search for gold in the inhospitable Death Valley. And in the coming attractions segment, he introduces Ransom! (1956), the clip shown which highlights the pros and cons of paying ransom in a kidnapping situation.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
Episode 1.1
9-14-1955
30m
A promotional film hosted by George Murphy promoting the studio's past and its current release of "It's Always Fair Weather."
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 7.1/10 6.7/10 6.4/10 6/10
Episode 1.1
9-14-1955
30m
A promotional film hosted by George Murphy promoting the studio's past and its current release of "It's Always Fair Weather."
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Episode 19
1-18-1956
30m
Host George Murphy first introduces the song and dance number "The Babbit and the Bromide" performed by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies (1945), that number which satirizes clichéd social niceties. Next, several serial cartoonists are shown at work in the short film People on Paper (1945). Murph then introduces another short film, Ghost Treasure (1941), which details the treacherous search for gold in the inhospitable Death Valley. And in the coming attractions segment, he introduces Ransom! (1956), the clip shown which highlights the pros and cons of paying ransom in a kidnapping situation.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
Episode 20
1-25-1956
30m
Esther Williams performs in a clip from "Ziegfeld Follies"; Donna Reed introduces a clip from "Ransom." Hosted by George Murphy.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Episode 21
2-01-1956
30m
Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper perform in a clip from "The Champ"; Russ Tamblyn introduces a clip from "The Last Hunt." Hosted by George Murphy.
6/10Haven't Seen
