The Great Morgan

The Great Morgan

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name = The Great Morgan


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starring = Frank Morgan
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distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = 1946
runtime = 57 minutes
country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0038575

"The Great Morgan" is an American musical-comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1946. The film is considered one of the more unusual in the MGM canon in that it is a compilation film built around a slight plot line, with a running time of less than 60 minutes.

The film was produced for overseas (i.e. non-United States) markets and features Frank Morgan (best remembered today as the Wizard in MGM's "The Wizard of Oz") appearing as himself. The premise of the film is Morgan is given a chance to put together his own movie, and he does so by combining several unrelated comedic and musical short subjects with his own short film.

Segments include a musical number featuring dancer Eleanor Powell cut from one of her early 1940s musicals (some sources erroneously state the scene comes from "Broadway Melody of 1936," but in fact it was a scene cut from her 1939 film "Honolulu"), several songs by Carlos Ramirez, and a musical number by Virginia O'Brien backed by Tommy Dorsey and orchestra. Among the non-musical segments of the film is a look at the history of the automobile in suburban America and a profile of a champion badminton player.

The film was believed lost for many years until a print was located; it was subsequently released to the American home video market.

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