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Lionpower from MGM

"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.

Top Cast

  • Fred Foy

    Fred Foy

    Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Karl Weber

    Karl Weber

    Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Alan Alda

    Alan Alda

    Self - Lt. j.g. Morton Krim (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Robert Aldrich

    Robert Aldrich

    Self (uncredited)

  • Carroll Baker

    Carroll Baker

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Alan Bates

    Alan Bates

    Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Jack Carter

    Jack Carter

    Self - Chief Gunners Mate Orville Toole (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Dirk Bogarde

    Dirk Bogarde

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Jim Brown

    Jim Brown

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Overview

"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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