That's Entertainment!

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"That's Entertainment!" is a classic show tune from the 1953 MGM musical film *The Band Wagon*, celebrated as an enduring anthem to the magic and glamour of show business.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
associatedWith Arthur Schwartz
surface form: Arthur Schwartz–Howard Dietz songwriting partnership
associatedWithGenre backstage musical
associatedWithStudioEra Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
composer Arthur Schwartz
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalStatus standard of the American songbook
describedAs anthem to the magic and glamour of show business
classic MGM show tune
featuredInSceneType ensemble number
filmReleaseYear 1953
filmStudio MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
firstAppearanceInFilm The Band Wagon
genre film musical song
show tune
hasRefrain "The clown with his pants falling down" line
inspiredTitleOf That's Entertainment! self-linksurface differs
surface form: That's Entertainment! (1974 film)

That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment, Part II
language English
lyricist Howard Dietz
medium film
notableFor association with MGM musical legacy
enduring popularity as a show business anthem
originalFilmCastIncludesPerformerOfSong Fred Astaire
Jack Buchanan
Nanette Fabray
Oscar Levant
originalFilmDirector Vincente Minnelli
originalFilmProducer Arthur Freed
originalOrchestrationForFilmBy Adolph Deutsch NERFINISHED
partOf The Band Wagon
surface form: The Band Wagon (soundtrack)
performanceContext onstage production number within the film
performedInFilmBy Fred Astaire
Jack Buchanan
Nanette Fabray
Oscar Levant
publicationYear 1953
subjectMatter life and work of entertainers
spectacle and illusion of theatre and film
theme celebration of show business
theatrical performance
title That's Entertainment! self-linksurface differs
usedAs signature song for MGM retrospectives

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The Band Wagon notableSong That's Entertainment!
Frederick notableWork That's Entertainment!
subject surface form: Frederick Austerlitz
Arthur Schwartz notableWork That's Entertainment!
this entity surface form: That’s Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! title That's Entertainment! self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: "That's Entertainment!"
That's Entertainment! inspiredTitleOf That's Entertainment! self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: "That's Entertainment!"
this entity surface form: That's Entertainment! (1974 film)