Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1945
The Great Morgan
Directed by
Nat Perrin
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 story
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)
Cast
Frank MorganHimself
Leon AmesK. F.
Carlos RamírezSinger in 'Musical Masterpieces' (archive footage)
Lucille NormanSinger in 'Musical Masterpieces' (archive footage)
Eleanor PowellFilm Character (archive footage)
Virginia O'BrienFilm Character (archive footage)
Jacqueline WhiteMother in 'Our Old Car' (archive footage)
Ben BlueBellamy B. Birdbrain in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rand BrooksFilm Character (uncredited)
George ChandlerRoger the Valet (uncredited)
Inez CooperFilm Character (uncredited)
Ken DavidsonActor in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cedric GibbonsCedric Gibbons (uncredited)
Dell HendersonFilm Character (uncredited)
IreneIrene (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseStudio Executive (uncredited)
John NesbittNarrator in 'Our Old Car' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
William NewellFilm Character (uncredited)
William PowellWilliam Powell (voice) (uncredited)
Buddy RichBuddy Rich - Drums (archive footage) (uncredited)
Douglas ShearerDouglas Shearer (uncredited)
Pete SmithNarrator in 'Badminton' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arthur SpaceFather in Passing Parade (archive footage) (uncredited)
William TannenOfficer Donohue (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy WayneVince, Film Cutter (uncredited)
Joe WattersActor in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)
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