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.

Cast

Fred Foy

as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Karl Weber

as Self - Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Alan Alda

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

Robert Aldrich

as Self (uncredited)

Carroll Baker

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Alan Bates

as Self - Gabriel Oak (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Carter

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

Dirk Bogarde

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jim Brown

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doris Day

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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