There are a few who still have that level of charisma. Like them or not, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and his ex Angelina Jolie have that old school presence.
11/9/24. I sat here on my bed, all choked up watching this. I was there but not as an MGM movie star. I was there pouring water into their empty or half empty glasses. Oh yes. I had my autograph book tucked inside my pants. YES! I got so many autographs and a lot of advice about 'staying out of pictures,' especially from Eva Gardner. It was a night I'll never forget. I agree with a lot of you when you say there will never be a movie star to take their place. Hooray for Hollywood! ❤🎉😢
Wasn't that a narcissistic speech given by (I assume) Louis B. Mayer at that microphone? He sure sounded like he thought he was greater than God Himself! What a jerk!
@@jrnfw4060ABSOLUTELY! YOU SAID IT! What flying rudeness and vainglory to say that he hopes to take all of the applause that this great institution produces, and that you all give me credit. And don’t you just “love” the sweet and modest way he said it and seeks himself? They should have all remained silent. What would, could he have done? Fire everybody? He was so incredibly wrapped up in himself, so much so that he thought he was giving everyone praise and a blessing. And the way he treated people, --- A TOTAL SKANK!
@@stanfordite1YES THEY DID, TOO! --- and it is “VERY WELL” KNOWN. Anything that that resulted later in her life, M.G.M. well set in motion in her earlier days, so it was very hard for her to kick.😢
@@radcliffemonroe3824 No they didn't. It is not well known and you are spreading lies. Judy said that her time as Dorothy was the happiest she was in her life and she was known for telling tall tales and stretching the truth later in her life. Most of them came from interviews on the Jack Paar show and she was just trying to get laughs out of people. Mayer had nothing but respect for her and she was one his favorites. Anything given to her was to help and no one had any idea about the possible side effects it would cause. Mayer would've never willingly put the health of his studio's biggest box office draw and one his favorites at risk just to get a movie made. She spoke fondly of him and so did Mickey Rooney. Rooney always agreed that MGM did not ruin Judy and Judy hated being referred to as a tragic figure.
@ If I am spreading lies, then so are A GREAT MANY PEOPLE then, who are also spreading them. I don’t know where you have been, but, it is so well known and documented about what inflicted upon Judy Garland. For instance, it is KNOWN that Louis B. Mayer’s secretary made steaks and vegetable consumes for Judy Garland and brought them to her in the evening. Why? Because Garland was only allowed an eight (8) ounce hamburger patty, tomato slices and chicken broth to eat. Betty Aker , if I remember correctly, was a dialogue coach, was told to get Judy started on both alcohol and drugs. Garland was forced by her mother to have sex with Louis B. Mayer. Allegedly, enemas were used to make Garland lose weight quickly. There other atrocities and there are many accounts, by many people who knew Garland and the situation with her, about the cruelty that was imposed on Garland as well as others, not only at M.G.M., but other studios. This was nothing new, plenty of stars, both young and old were given uppers (amphetamines) to give them the necessary energy to keep going on long shooting schedules. Yes, Judy did stretch things a bit, sometimes, but she often did so because she had to. The stars back then, were, and even now are not able and too afraid to go up against the big execs. Also they lie to save their own embarrassment, because who would want to say they were so horribly mistreated and what they endured, especially for fame and just simply a livelihood. And YES Mickey Rooney is lying, he went through a lot of the same things Judy Garland went through. There were too many people who have come out and spoken about the studio system, including M.G.M. You most desperately need to do some research, there is much too much said about the cruelty Judy Garland suffered.
A treasure! These stars made the History of motion picture! So relaxing and sweet to look at all of them. And thanks for this jewel video❤️❤️❤️. To be kept and watched over and over. THANKS!
How wonderful to see the stars of 1949, especially! What a treasure to watch. If both videos could be restored, and the older one colourized, how great that would be!
The 1974 event was for the premiere of the movie That's Entertainment, and was held on May 17, 1974. Agnes was still alive but in poor health. She died a month later on April 30.
The HEART and SOUL of MGM shown hear. By then, Judy had been over the rainbow (and come back). A day never goes by one this earth without an MGM film being shown somewhere, 24/7 EVERYDAY on the week
Thanks for posting. As of Sept. 2017 the only living movie stars from the 1949 anniversary are Claude Jarman Jr. (he turns 83 later this month) and Angela Lansbury (she will be 92 next month).
@@OldHollywood ikr I wish I was born when these stars were at their prime, however there would be problems cuz I'm a poc and people were racist, so yh I want to live then but at the same time no
The control the studio system has over actors and actresses was amazing. The actors and actresses were probably working on movie sets that day but were pulled into this event.
Most were guests that day but the ones in period costume were working and got time out to appear at the lunch. Of course, by 1974 no one was under long term contract to MGM any more, so they came out of nostalgia and tribute.
Poor Buster got roped into doing this silly PR thing even though he hadn't been an MGM star for years, he was a lowly gag man at that point. He and Mayer loathed each other. Buster got the last laugh by getting the biggest applause and with a perfectly timed bit to make the whole thing look ridiculous.
I love Gene Kelley, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, Shirley Maclaine and Myrna Loy ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Ty for this! Singing in the Rain ☔ Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf Night of the Iguana 🦎 Steel Magnolias and The Best Years of our Lives/Double Wedding (can't decide)
Behind the scenes, a lot of those stars were miserable. Louis B.Mayer and the studio system at that time were tyrannical. The way he treated Judy Garland was despicable. I once read that when Louis. B. Mayer died, most of the stars who had been under his control attended his funeral because they wanted to be sure he was dead. Nobody liked him.
@@jrnfw4060 That's a lie. Mayer never treated anyone with malice and Judy Garland was not abused by him. She was one his favorites and anything that might have been given to her was to help and no one had any idea about side effects then. Mayer would've never willingly jeapordized the health of his studio's biggest box office draw and one his favorites. She spoke fondly of him and said that her time as Dorothy was the happiest. She was known for telling tall tales later in her life on the Jack Paar show. She had no idea people would take them seriously.
Hmmm, Bette Davis said he wasn't much good and he didn't care to much about it. He liked being a star. This was from her 1987 interview in England, while promoting his book. I just watched it 2 weeks ago.
@@rudolphwatson1737Errol Flynn was certainly a fine actor. And I also knew that Bette Davis originally criticized Flynn for allegedly, initially not taking his acting roles seriously -- and she allegedly slapped him hard for it . If this is so, who better to straighten him out than “God Damn Madame”. Nonetheless, I knew that Bette Davis later, ultimately praised Flynn for his talent and I’m glad she said so.
The greatest generation, yes, faults and all. But, onscreen, what they conveyed was genuine, rising above just acting. In 1949, there was still the dream, not yet tarnished by ensuing decades, and never to be recaptured.
Betty Garrett was later Mrs Babish on Laverne & Shirley..sad most of the cast is gone now. This gathering of who’s who is awesome. Those were stars. A bygone era for sure.
Thank you for this video.....& all those wonderful stars! Especially great to see Katharine Hepburn in that elegant pant-suit, & seated next to the beautiful Lena Horne, so at least no hateful colour bar with the seating at this event. However.....couldn't help but note the rows...AND ROWS of the "executives". No a female in sight there!
THESE were stars. All we have today are personalities ! When someone like a Kardashian (any of them) can get publicity for trash, then we know the CLASS AND STARS in our business are GONE !
Its easier to watch at half speed. I recognize the big stars and a lot of other faces I know but it would be nice if there was a way to get the rest of the names. Still a treat, thanks.
Strange that Vera Ellen is nowhere to be seen. She was a big MGM star at this time having just completed "On the Town" with Gene Kelly and about to do "Three Little Words" with Fred Astaire. Was she not invited?
@jackjules7552 She withdrew from the public eye in the late 1960s and 1970s+. No one really knows why. Yes, she lost a baby to SIDS and that is traumatic enough, but she still attended dance classes. Anyway, Frank Sinatra isn't there either. Nor was Leslie Caron or Lena Horne or Lana Turner, Van Johnson, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Jane Powell, Lucille Ball, and Katharine Hepburn, in the 1974 reunion.
Trivia: 1949 Gathering: Betty Garrett (in plaid blazer) would later go on to play Edna Babbish on the sitcom "Lavern & Shirley". LB Mayer introduced Eddie Mannix, who was MGM's "fixer". His later wife, Toni, allegedly had an affair with "Superman" star, George Reeves, at the time of his death, putting Eddie in as a "person of interest" in Reeves' death. 1974 Gathering: As of this date, the only people remaining who were on the stage that evening are, George Hamilton, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minelli and Margaret O'Brien. Claude Jarman, Jr. passed on January 12, 2025, at the age of 90.
TCM did do a month long tribute to MGM either May or June of 2024.
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It's sad. No acknowledgement, and no mention on the Academy Award presentations, either. Maybe next years Academy presentation will do some kind of a tribute.
I just love this music/song they are playing, was it really what was being played at this event, or was it later piped in? Does anyone know what the title is? Thank you.
Several stars were no-shows that day in 1949 (unless I missed them): Lana Turner, Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Vera-Ellen, Elizabeth Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Ann Sothern, Jane Powell - and I don't recall seeing Robert Taylor or Walter Pigeon. (Maybe Walter was spending the afternoon with Scotty Bowers - that's an inside joke). Yes, these & all the others we see were STARS. The first person Louis B. Mayer introduces is Eddie Mannix, apparently a dreadful person, serial abuser of women and a Mafia-type, (but devout Catholic!), but he was great at maintaining MGM's financial prowess and covering up any scandals that threatened the studio's glamorous image.
@johnfd0210 I'm not inferring that every White actor or actress was a racist at that time, but you have to get the mindset of the time. It was 1949, and America's views of Blacks were slowly beginning to change, following the end of WWII, when they began to realize Blacks had fought just as valiantly for their country as whites and they deserved some respect. Just 10 years earlier, Black actors weren't even allowed to even sit next to white actors at gala functions in many parts of this country, especially in the South, when Segregation was the law of the land. Lena Horne was "accepted" because she refused to accept the stereotypical roles that were assigned to Black performers of her day, such as playing a maid, for example, and perhaps because she was an attractive, light-skinned black woman. Nearly10 years earlier, Hattie McDaniel, who was a very darker-skinned, obese Black woman, wasn't even allowed to sit next to her White colleagues. Of course, later on in her career, her peers gradually began to accept Mc Daniel just as they accepted Lena Horne, even though there were still some racial tensions in the room, but that was gradually beginning to change.
If the luncheon had been held in a restaurant, ballroom or other public venue, Lena wouldn't have even been allowed to enter from the front door. Fortunately, we've come a long way since those days.
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@@mickeybitsko1676 Yeah, he had a real obsession about her weight. If she even gained an ounce over what he dictated, she was penalized. Louis B. Mayer was such a tyrant. No wonder MGM ultimately failed, with an a$$hole like him at the helm.
Let's see if my perfectly legitimate comment stays here, this time. Louis B. Mayer was obsessed about Judy's weight. If she gained even a tiny amount, she would be penalized. I read somewhere that her food was rationed, and if there was more food in her house than was allowed, it got confiscated. Mayer dictated every aspect of his stars' lives. He was a tyrant, in my opinion, to which I am entitled.
They should have announced him. All they had to say was, -- “And we are so pleased and honored to have joining us today, while he and Miss Greer Garson and other M.G.M. greats are filming ‘That Forsyte Woman’, ladies and gentlemen, from Warner Brothers Studios, Mr. Errol Flynn”.-- Only proper courtesy and due.
The actors and actresses today can’t even come close to what they were years ago!!! Not even close!!! God bless the greatest generation!!!!
A lot of these o ld stars weren't greatest gen. They were older than that.
They’ll never and I mean never get stars like this anymore!
Yes they will. The Studio System is coming back.
There are a few who still have that level of charisma. Like them or not, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and his ex Angelina Jolie have that old school presence.
11/9/24. I sat here on my bed, all choked up watching this. I was there but not as an MGM movie star. I was there pouring water into their empty or half empty glasses. Oh yes. I had my autograph book tucked inside my pants. YES! I got so many autographs and a lot of advice about 'staying out of pictures,' especially from Eva Gardner. It was a night I'll never forget. I agree with a lot of you when you say there will never be a movie star to take their place. Hooray for Hollywood! ❤🎉😢
Wow! Now that is cool!!
Wow, imagine the photos you’d have if only there were cell phones back then ❤️
Stupenda esperienza ❤
No one cares 😺
There are three comments above yours that prove you wrong.
It's hard to believe that all these famous celebrities worked at the same time for the same employer. What an amazing group of people!
I think ALL except Russ Tamblyn are gone now.
Wasn't that a narcissistic speech given by (I assume) Louis B. Mayer at that microphone? He sure sounded like he thought he was greater than God Himself! What a jerk!
@@jrnfw4060ABSOLUTELY! YOU SAID IT! What flying rudeness and vainglory to say that he hopes to take all of the applause that this great institution produces, and that you all give me credit. And don’t you just “love” the sweet and modest way he said it and seeks himself? They should have all remained silent. What would, could he have done? Fire everybody? He was so incredibly wrapped up in himself, so much so that he thought he was giving everyone praise and a blessing. And the way he treated people, --- A TOTAL SKANK!
They willNEVER and I mean NEvEER find actors and actresses like that any more!
The studios made these people who they became. Some of it wasn't so wonderful.
Look up how MGM pretty much destroyed Judy Garland.
@@yvonneplant9434 MGM did not destroy Judy Garland. That's a lie.
@@stanfordite1YES THEY DID, TOO! --- and it is “VERY WELL” KNOWN. Anything that that resulted later in her life, M.G.M. well set in motion in her earlier days, so it was very hard for her to kick.😢
@@radcliffemonroe3824 No they didn't. It is not well known and you are spreading lies. Judy said that her time as Dorothy was the happiest she was in her life and she was known for telling tall tales and stretching the truth later in her life. Most of them came from interviews on the Jack Paar show and she was just trying to get laughs out of people. Mayer had nothing but respect for her and she was one his favorites. Anything given to her was to help and no one had any idea about the possible side effects it would cause. Mayer would've never willingly put the health of his studio's biggest box office draw and one his favorites at risk just to get a movie made. She spoke fondly of him and so did Mickey Rooney. Rooney always agreed that MGM did not ruin Judy and Judy hated being referred to as a tragic figure.
@ If I am spreading lies, then so are A GREAT MANY PEOPLE then, who are also spreading them. I don’t know where you have been, but, it is so well known and documented about what inflicted upon Judy Garland. For instance, it is KNOWN that Louis B. Mayer’s secretary made steaks and vegetable consumes for Judy Garland and brought them to her in the evening. Why? Because Garland was only allowed an eight (8) ounce hamburger patty, tomato slices and chicken broth to eat. Betty Aker , if I remember correctly, was a dialogue coach, was told to get Judy started on both alcohol and drugs. Garland was forced by her mother to have sex with Louis B. Mayer. Allegedly, enemas were used to make Garland lose weight quickly. There other atrocities and there are many accounts, by many people who knew Garland and the situation with her, about the cruelty that was imposed on Garland as well as others, not only at M.G.M., but other studios. This was nothing new, plenty of stars, both young and old were given uppers (amphetamines) to give them the necessary energy to keep going on long shooting schedules. Yes, Judy did stretch things a bit, sometimes, but she often did so because she had to. The stars back then, were, and even now are not able and too afraid to go up against the big execs. Also they lie to save their own embarrassment, because who would want to say they were so horribly mistreated and what they endured, especially for fame and just simply a livelihood. And YES Mickey Rooney is lying, he went through a lot of the same things Judy Garland went through. There were too many people who have come out and spoken about the studio system, including M.G.M. You most desperately need to do some research, there is much too much said about the cruelty Judy Garland suffered.
A treasure! These stars made the History of motion picture! So relaxing and sweet to look at all of them. And thanks for this jewel video❤️❤️❤️. To be kept and watched over and over. THANKS!
They blossomed during the HAYES CODE
1933-1966
Thanks for your reply@@kathleenking47
How wonderful to see the stars of 1949, especially! What a treasure to watch. If both videos could be restored, and the older one colourized, how great that would be!
O my goodness thanks for sharing this these were back in my days when I was in my 40s I’am now 82 years wow thank i remember this
Thanks! A reminder when elegance and class prevailed!
Speaking of elegance and class, Vera Ellen is nowhere to be seen here. She was one of MGM's big dancing stars at MGM at this time.
So happy and so sad at the same time!
Same year Agnes Moorhead passed away in 1974. I saw her in 1949 for 25 anniversary MGM banquet. How cool.
The 1974 event was for the premiere of the movie That's Entertainment, and was held on May 17, 1974. Agnes was still alive but in poor health. She died a month later on April 30.
Clark Gable was the greatest of them all at MGM. Robert Taylor was called 'the new king' after he left the studio. God bless them.
This were the STARS then .There will NEVER and I mean NEVER STARS like that anymore!
The talent on this stage is awe inspiring.
What a pleasure it is to see them at the prime of their lives!
Thank you very much for uploading this masterpiece.
They all did acting what you would really call acting and entertainment!
The HEART and SOUL of MGM shown hear. By then, Judy had been over the rainbow (and come back). A day never goes by one this earth without an MGM film being shown somewhere, 24/7 EVERYDAY on the week
Thanks for posting.
As of Sept. 2017 the only living movie stars from the 1949 anniversary are Claude Jarman Jr. (he turns 83 later this month) and Angela Lansbury (she will be 92 next month).
Thank you for sharing that! So much time has passed!
@@OldHollywood ikr I wish I was born when these stars were at their prime, however there would be problems cuz I'm a poc and people were racist, so yh I want to live then but at the same time no
We lost our beloved Angela 😢
Not true, we still have June Lockhart who started at MGM
@@stupidahyan5721 stay on your medication….at all costs😺
Katharine Hepburn in trousers. Love her spirit!
The control the studio system has over actors and actresses was amazing. The actors and actresses were probably working on movie sets that day but were pulled into this event.
Most were guests that day but the ones in period costume were working and got time out to appear at the lunch. Of course, by 1974 no one was under long term contract to MGM any more, so they came out of nostalgia and tribute.
@@tommoncrieff1154 Louis B. Mayer was a tyrannical jerk. Was that him speaking so lavishly about himself up there?
What a gem. Loved it all. Thank you
That’s what you would call entertainment. I Loved them and quilt” Always Will “. They don’t make movies like they did when we had those STARS anymore!
Poor Buster got roped into doing this silly PR thing even though he hadn't been an MGM star for years, he was a lowly gag man at that point. He and Mayer loathed each other. Buster got the last laugh by getting the biggest applause and with a perfectly timed bit to make the whole thing look ridiculous.
This is sooooo Wondrous!!! Aww, miss these beautiful people!!!
Speaking of beautiful people, Vera Ellen is nowhere to be seen here. And she was one of MGM's big stars at this time!
Truly, a golden era in movie making and entertainment never equaled again.
Those were stars and talent!♥ RIP🕊 👏👏👏👏👏
So so enjoyed every moment watching this video .congratulations and thank you for your hard work .
🤣IL viale del loro tramonto di un'epoca fatta di illussioni .🥰Indimenticabili 🥰🥰🥰
This was the Golden Age...1925 - 1965...about 40 years that includes Astaire, Gene Kelly, and great character Actors.💎💎💎
Errol Flynn mistiming his entrance lol amazing stars and I loved Mario Lanza as a child, I used to watch his movies.
I think that George Murphy accidentally skipped over him when reading the names. To that point, they had been alphabetical.
you remember mario lanza when he was a little kid?
@@-elchoya9832 😆 no I loved his movies when I was a little kid. Mario Lanza, Danny Kaye and Deanna Durbin movies
Flynn was a warner bros. star. Altough he did two pictures for MGM 1949 ,50.
I love Gene Kelley, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor,
Ava Gardner, Shirley Maclaine and Myrna Loy ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Ty for this! Singing in the Rain ☔
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf Night of the Iguana 🦎
Steel Magnolias and The Best Years of our Lives/Double Wedding (can't decide)
Yes there was something special about the 40s and 50s the movies the actors
Nothing like that anymore
Behind the scenes, a lot of those stars were miserable. Louis B.Mayer and the studio system at that time were tyrannical. The way he treated Judy Garland was despicable. I once read that when Louis. B. Mayer died, most of the stars who had been under his control attended his funeral because they wanted to be sure he was dead. Nobody liked him.
@@jrnfw4060 That's a lie. Mayer never treated anyone with malice and Judy Garland was not abused by him. She was one his favorites and anything that might have been given to her was to help and no one had any idea about side effects then. Mayer would've never willingly jeapordized the health of his studio's biggest box office draw and one his favorites. She spoke fondly of him and said that her time as Dorothy was the happiest. She was known for telling tall tales later in her life on the Jack Paar show. She had no idea people would take them seriously.
Real actors & actresses.
Errol Flynn was the best actor during those years, since 1935 until 1959,.
Hmmm, Bette Davis said he wasn't much good and he didn't care to much about it. He liked being a star. This was from her 1987 interview in England, while promoting his book. I just watched it 2 weeks ago.
Bette Davis admitted years later that Errol Flynn was a good actor. 👍
@@josebetancourt4575 liked to be in like him😺
@@rudolphwatson1737Errol Flynn was certainly a fine actor. And I also knew that Bette Davis originally criticized Flynn for allegedly, initially not taking his acting roles seriously -- and she allegedly slapped him hard for it . If this is so, who better to straighten him out than “God Damn Madame”.
Nonetheless, I knew that Bette Davis later, ultimately praised Flynn for his talent and I’m glad she said so.
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Estrelas que já partiram, mas continuam brilhando! Nunca mais haverá artistas como estes..
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You can say that again... There won't be any more like this before or later..Every time I hear Liza Minnelli sing I hear her mom Judy
You can say that again... There won't be any more like this before or later..Every time I hear Liza Minnelli sing I hear her mom Judy
To paraphrase a line from the film classic,"Sunset Boulevard: " You used to be big. I'm still big. It's the movies that got small."
Loved this
Only horrible thing about much if it
We're coffin nails 🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬🚬
Roddy McDowall and the great-great-great-grandson of Lassie🥰🐾
The greatest generation, yes, faults and all. But, onscreen, what they conveyed was genuine, rising above just acting. In 1949, there was still the dream, not yet tarnished by ensuing decades, and never to be recaptured.
2024 will be so cool!
This year marks MGM's 100th anniversary.
It wasnt
Absolutely love this❤
Betty Garrett was later Mrs Babish on Laverne & Shirley..sad most of the cast is gone now. This gathering of who’s who is awesome. Those were stars. A bygone era for sure.
"Stars" don't last anymore like they did then. Except for a very few, they have a few good years and then they're done and forgotten.
Yeah thats because they were under contract. Contracts (and stars) disappeared after the studio system was dismantled
2:30 “Mr SpEnCEr TRaCeY” 😂
Don't forget my Katie Hepburn
Thank you for this video.....& all those wonderful stars! Especially great to see Katharine Hepburn in that elegant pant-suit, & seated next to the beautiful Lena Horne, so at least no hateful colour bar with the seating at this event. However.....couldn't help but note the rows...AND ROWS of the "executives". No a female in sight there!
The old black and white film held up much better than the colour video.
The seating arrangement is interesting.
Errol Flynn came in with Greer Garson so he just walked in with her. He was a big big star
he was making THAT FORSYTHE WOMAN 1949 with her.would later make KIM 1950 for M.G.M,but was mainly a WARNER BROTHERS star.
And a bigger alcoholic and died in 59
So amazing.
THESE were stars. All we have today are personalities ! When someone like a Kardashian (any of them) can get publicity for trash, then we know the CLASS AND STARS in our business are GONE !
Its easier to watch at half speed.
I recognize the big stars and a lot of other faces I know
but it would be nice if there was a way to get the rest of the names.
Still a treat, thanks.
Love Buster Keaton at 5:11
Strange that Vera Ellen is nowhere to be seen. She was a big MGM star at this time having just completed "On the Town" with Gene Kelly and about to do "Three Little Words" with Fred Astaire. Was she not invited?
@jackjules7552 She withdrew from the public eye in the late 1960s and 1970s+. No one really knows why. Yes, she lost a baby to SIDS and that is traumatic enough, but she still attended dance classes. Anyway, Frank Sinatra isn't there either. Nor was Leslie Caron or Lena Horne or Lana Turner, Van Johnson, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Jane Powell, Lucille Ball, and Katharine Hepburn, in the 1974 reunion.
@@countfosco1TY for the info I never knew that I wonder why they didn't show up
Sinatra was there; I bet he was checking out Ava Gardner sitting next to Clark Gable!
So grand!
Everyone is eating the same dish....it was some kinda chicken dinner 🥣
No Mickey Rooney at either event? He and Judy kept MGM afloat many years.
@@jl3322 garland would be a car hop on Franklin Ave Simone’s drive in but for Mickey…
Sensational!!
I wonder if there’s a roster of who attended the gatherings. And what did they serve
Trivia:
1949 Gathering: Betty Garrett (in plaid blazer) would later go on to play Edna Babbish on the sitcom "Lavern & Shirley".
LB Mayer introduced Eddie Mannix, who was MGM's "fixer". His later wife, Toni, allegedly had an affair with "Superman" star, George Reeves, at the time of his death, putting Eddie in as a "person of interest" in Reeves' death.
1974 Gathering: As of this date, the only people remaining who were on the stage that evening are, George Hamilton, Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minelli and Margaret O'Brien. Claude Jarman, Jr. passed on January 12, 2025, at the age of 90.
Russ Tamblyn, in his late 80's now, is also still around. I hadn't heard of Jarman's death just two days ago.
Betty Garrett portrayed Irene Lorenzo, Archie Bunker’s liberal co-worker on “All in the Family”. A great character.
@@jmj5388She was married to Larry Parks who played Al Jolson.
No celebrations in this year (2024) even though it's the 100 anniversary of MGM
Bummer it's because we don't have any of those stars anymore and MGM doesn't exist anymore only in name
TCM did do a month long tribute to MGM either May or June of 2024.
It's sad. No acknowledgement, and no mention on the Academy Award presentations, either. Maybe next years Academy presentation will do some kind of a tribute.
That was amazing. I remembered all of these great stars.
Ill be surprised, if NBC lasts to its 100th anniversary..in 2027
It is like a hen house at supper time.
I just love this music/song they are playing, was it really what was being played at this event, or was it later piped in? Does anyone know what the title is? Thank you.
Why no Hattie McDonald in 1949, but yet there was a Lena Horne?
These are MGM contract players; she (Miss McDaniel) did freelance work.
I didn't see Elizabeth Taylor...she was a big MGM star who started as a child actress in Lassie.
She’s was there wearing a blue dress.
She was on location doing Ivanhoe with Robert Taylor, another absentee 😊
She was presented just before Keenan Wynn (who had been within the audience) during the 1974 reunion.
@@luishumbertovega3900 Wynn was musical😺
Interesting factoid: Frank Morgan died later that year in 1949, but...Claude Jarman, Jr. is STILL ALIVE (the only one from 1949).
Margaret O'Brien, still alive in 2025 should also have been presented in 1949.
This comment may have been a bit of a bad omen as he just died on Sunday...
@@toobevr1244 I had that same thought when I read the news, a day after I wrote my comment !!! 😲
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Where was Elizabeth Taylor in the 1949 event?
Shirley MacLaine
90 as of APRIL 2024
claude jarman jr only one still living dec 2023 89
Claude 89 and Margaret O'Brien 87 January 2024.
Isn't Russ Tamblyn still alive?
Yes..Mr.Tamblyn is still with us.
@@bbbrown3408 Claude now 91.
@@Garsons-oq4lh he passed away on the 12th January this year aged 90
Beaucoups de vaniteux d Hollywood qui avaient abandonnés Stan et Ollie les rois du rires Buster lui est la très discrets.
Several stars were no-shows that day in 1949 (unless I missed them): Lana Turner, Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Vera-Ellen, Elizabeth Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Ann Sothern, Jane Powell - and I don't recall seeing Robert Taylor or Walter Pigeon. (Maybe Walter was spending the afternoon with Scotty Bowers - that's an inside joke). Yes, these & all the others we see were STARS.
The first person Louis B. Mayer introduces is Eddie Mannix, apparently a dreadful person, serial abuser of women and a Mafia-type, (but devout Catholic!), but he was great at maintaining MGM's financial prowess and covering up any scandals that threatened the studio's glamorous image.
Errol Flynn was not even mentioned 😅
Frankie Boy 😂😂😂😂
Where else but here would you find A list the likes of this
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Even the stars were subjected to alphabetical order!
No Vivien Leigh?? Must have called in sick for the cattle call
She was dead by then.
@FrankMarter Vivian died in the 60s. This was 1949!
@ depends on which get together he is talking about.
Lena Horne was the only person of color at the table, and she didn't seem too happy.
She and Katharine Hepburn seem to be having an animated talk at 3:23.
@johnfd0210 I'm not inferring that every White actor or actress was a racist at that time, but you have to get the mindset of the time.
It was 1949, and America's views of Blacks were slowly beginning to change, following the end of WWII, when they began to realize Blacks had fought just as valiantly for their country as whites and they deserved some respect.
Just 10 years earlier, Black actors weren't even allowed to even sit next to white actors at gala functions in many parts of this country, especially in the South, when Segregation was the law of the land. Lena Horne was "accepted" because she refused to accept the stereotypical roles that were assigned to Black performers of her day, such as playing a maid, for example, and perhaps because she was an attractive, light-skinned black woman.
Nearly10 years earlier, Hattie McDaniel, who was a very darker-skinned, obese Black woman, wasn't even allowed to sit next to her White colleagues. Of course, later on in her career, her peers gradually began to accept Mc Daniel just as they accepted Lena Horne, even though there were still some racial tensions in the room, but that was gradually beginning to change.
If the luncheon had been held in a restaurant, ballroom or other public venue, Lena wouldn't have even been allowed to enter from the front door. Fortunately, we've come a long way since those days.
I believe Claude Jarman, Jr., Margaret O'Brien, and Liza Minnelli are the only survivors out of that group of legendary movie stars.
Yes just those three. Zsa Zsa Gabor who died in 2016 aged 99, remains the longest-lived of all these stars.
Theresa Wright is still alive isn't she and Clint Eastwood is 94 Dick Van Dyke is 98..Russ Tamblyn and Shirley McLaine is still with us
@@garycarpenter6433 Teresa died in 2005.
@@Garsons-oq4lh Oh she did.. bummer TY for the info kind friend
Liza was not of that generation. She was born in 1946 from Hollywood Royalty Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli
They omitted Errol Flynn?
Che emozione per Mario Lanza questa cena tra i grandi di Hollywood! Lui era l'astro nascente e per una volta la moglie appiccicosa è rimasta a casa!!
O mundo do cinema 🎥 tem que investir mais no cinema. Muita gente no mundo não sabe o que é o cinema e precisa ser mudado a juventude precisa conhecer o cinema 🎥
Magic time
Why is some of them wearing what seems to be period costume?
Because some of them are still in costume for the movies they were filming that day.
THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS (Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza)
THAT FORSYTE WOMAN (Greer Garson Janet Leigh)
MADAME BOVARY (Jennifer Jones, Alf Keijin)
Ava Gardner is from my home state of NC
And the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
Who was the lady that had a cane, I couldn't understand them when her name was announced
Phyllis Kirk.
@@DonnaSimpson-vv1fo Marie dressler or haystacks Calhoun 😺
Marjorie Main was the highlight!
Notice Judy isn't even eating?
@@mickeybitsko1676 Yeah, he had a real obsession about her weight. If she even gained an ounce over what he dictated, she was penalized. Louis B. Mayer was such a tyrant. No wonder MGM ultimately failed, with an a$$hole like him at the helm.
Let's see if my perfectly legitimate comment stays here, this time.
Louis B. Mayer was obsessed about Judy's weight. If she gained even a tiny amount, she would be penalized. I read somewhere that her food was rationed, and if there was more food in her house than was allowed, it got confiscated. Mayer dictated every aspect of his stars' lives. He was a tyrant, in my opinion, to which I am entitled.
@ get him outta here…get him out 😺
Done in 1974, as Ginger is older here, born in 1911
That platinum hair til the end
@@jl3322 As one ages, platinum hair often becomes natural, requiring no more bleaching to maintain it.
Errol Flynn waa the best actor of his generation, and no mention at all to his presence in that event. I do not understand. Why?
That was very wrong, and shows no class, which is most surprising of M.G.M., because if anything they stressed, it was class.
Wow
I know that 3 of them are still alive.
GEORGE HAMILTON aged 84 AS OF APRIL 2024
Clint Eastwood is 94
Charlton Heston looks huge beside 6'1 George Hamilton.
I prefer the dresses from 1940 .
Could hardly understand Liza in 1974 announcements.
I agree. They should of had hand held microphones.
She was/is a mess as a speaker
2024?
Surprise attendant of Katherine Hepburn
Wonder why he didn't introduce Errol Flynn. That's unacceptable
I know Errol Flynn was with Warner Bros, but he was still a big star. Why not introduce him?
You answered your own question
They should have announced him. All they had to say was, -- “And we are so pleased and honored to have joining us today, while he and Miss Greer Garson and other M.G.M. greats are filming ‘That Forsyte Woman’, ladies and gentlemen, from Warner Brothers Studios, Mr. Errol Flynn”.-- Only proper courtesy and due.