The Great Morgan

The Great Morgan

57 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 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)

The Great Morgan

57 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1945

The Great Morgan
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)
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Great Morgan
Directors Nat Perrin
Writers Nat Perrin

Cast

Frank Morgan

as Himself

Leon Ames

as K. F.

Carlos Ramírez

as Singer in 'Musical Masterpieces' (archive footage)

Lucille Norman

as Singer in 'Musical Masterpieces' (archive footage)

Eleanor Powell

as Film Character (archive footage)

Virginia O'Brien

as Film Character (archive footage)

Jacqueline White

as Mother in 'Our Old Car' (archive footage)

Ben Blue

as Bellamy B. Birdbrain in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rand Brooks

as Film Character (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Roger the Valet (uncredited)

Inez Cooper

as Film Character (uncredited)

Ken Davidson

as Actor in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tommy Dorsey

as Tommy Dorsey (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cedric Gibbons

as Cedric Gibbons (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

as Film Character (uncredited)

Irene

as Irene (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

as Studio Executive (uncredited)

John Nesbitt

as Narrator in 'Our Old Car' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Newell

as Film Character (uncredited)

William Powell

as William Powell (voice) (uncredited)

Buddy Rich

as Buddy Rich - Drums (archive footage) (uncredited)

Douglas Shearer

as Douglas Shearer (uncredited)

Pete Smith

as Narrator in 'Badminton' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Father in Passing Parade (archive footage) (uncredited)

William Tannen

as Officer Donohue (archive footage) (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Vince, Film Cutter (uncredited)

Joe Watters

as Actor in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)