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  • Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
  • Short | 42 min | Documentary, Short
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
Short | 42 min | Documentary, Short

Released as part of the studio's 25th anniversary (Silver) celebration, the film shows highlights of MGM's major productions from 1924 through 1948. Subtitle depicted: "Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership".
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Composers
Sidney Cutner (as Sid Cuttner) | Leo Shuken
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Updated Jun 23, 1949

Release date
Jun 23, 1949 (United States)

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62 cast members
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Lionel Barrymore
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Leon Ames
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Edward Arnold
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Ethel Barrymore
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Wallace Beery
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Spring Byington
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James Craig
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Donald Crisp
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Arlene Dahl
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Gloria DeHaven
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Tom Drake
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Marie Dressler
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Jimmy Durante
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Errol Flynn
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Clark Gable
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Ava Gardner
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Judy Garland
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Betty Garrett
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Greer Garson
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Kathryn Grayson
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Edmund Gwenn
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Van Heflin
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Katharine Hepburn
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John Hodiak
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Lena Horne
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Claude Jarman Jr.
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Van Johnson
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Jennifer Jones
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Louis Jourdan
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Buster Keaton
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Howard Keel
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Gene Kelly
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Deborah Kerr
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Alf Kjellin
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Angela Lansbury
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Mario Lanza
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Lassie
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Janet Leigh
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Jeanette MacDonald
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Ann Miller
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Agnes Moorehead
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Frank Morgan
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Jules Munshin
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George Murphy
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Reginald Owen
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Pal
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Walter Pidgeon
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Jane Powell
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Frank Sinatra
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Red Skelton
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Alexis Smith
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Ann Sothern
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Dean Stockwell
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Lewis Stone
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Clinton Sundberg
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Audrey Totter
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Spencer Tracy
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Vera-Ellen
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Frank Whitbeck
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Esther Williams
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Keenan Wynn
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Robert Young
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