The Great Morgan - 1945

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains in their entirety the shorts, "Musical Masterpieces," "Our Old Car," and "Badminton," as well as clips from other projects)

57min
1945
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.2/10

Cast

Carlos Ramírez profile pictureCarlos RamírezSinger in 'Musical Masterpieces' (archive footage)
Lucille Norman profile pictureLucille NormanSinger in 'Musical Masterpieces' (archive footage)
Eleanor Powell profile pictureEleanor PowellFilm Character (archive footage)
Virginia O'Brien profile pictureVirginia O'BrienFilm Character (archive footage)
Jacqueline White profile pictureJacqueline WhiteMother in 'Our Old Car' (archive footage)
Ben Blue profile pictureBen BlueBellamy B. Birdbrain in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rand Brooks profile pictureRand BrooksFilm Character (uncredited)
George Chandler profile pictureGeorge ChandlerRoger the Valet (uncredited)
Inez Cooper profile pictureInez CooperFilm Character (uncredited)
Tommy Dorsey profile pictureTommy DorseyTommy Dorsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons profile pictureCedric GibbonsCedric Gibbons (uncredited)
Dell Henderson profile pictureDell HendersonFilm Character (uncredited)
Irene profile pictureIreneIrene (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse profile pictureBert MoorhouseStudio Executive (uncredited)
John Nesbitt profile pictureJohn NesbittNarrator in 'Our Old Car' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Newell profile pictureWilliam NewellFilm Character (uncredited)
William Powell profile pictureWilliam PowellWilliam Powell (voice) (uncredited)
Douglas Shearer profile pictureDouglas ShearerDouglas Shearer (uncredited)
Pete Smith profile picturePete SmithNarrator in 'Badminton' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur Space profile pictureArthur SpaceFather in Passing Parade (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Tannen profile pictureWilliam TannenOfficer Donohue (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Wayne profile pictureBilly WayneVince, Film Cutter (uncredited)

About The Great Morgan

The Great Morgan Overview

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains in their entirety the shorts, "Musical Masterpieces," "Our Old Car," and "Badminton," as well as clips from other projects)

Runtime: 57min

Extra details

Original Title: The Great Morgan
Original Language: English
Directed By: Nat Perrin
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer