follow the surprising success of that entertainment in 1974 and gene kelly be the driving force behind this sequel and which not only far highlight the m g m musical and but open the door for wide range of genre . showcased along side the great musical number and comedy and melodrama be give equal screen time with star like kathrine hepburn and spencer tracy realise that together they could lick em all and john barrymore beg greta garbo to stay when she so obviously and characteristically want to be alone and clark gable show u exactly why he do not give a damn . vintage footage from the marx brother and laurel and hardy and abbott and costello and robert benchley and william powell and myrna loy keep the laugh come and while deep delf into the musical archive and link this movie to it predecessor . ann miller and fred and ginger and gene kelly and bobby van and lena horne and bob fosse and debbie reynolds and mickey and judy and cyd charisse and many more be all featured and pick up where the first movie leave off and and for lover of frank sinatra and there be a special segment of the movie purely reserve to spotlight his talent and narrate by his long time friend and gene kelly . kelly himself be not only see in the archive footage and but he also direct and and choreograph all the new scene and dance routine that link the classic clip together as well a pull presenting and narrating duty with another old friend and m g m stalwart fred astaire . the two have only perform together on film on one prior occasion and dance to george gershwin babbitt and the bromide in the penultimate act of zeigfeld folly in 1946 and now thirty year later these two screen dancer be set to have the time of their life . however although it be a rare treat to see them nimbly tread around their prop and it look sadly like two old men go through the motion a fred and gene who be at the time 77 and 64 respectively and have neither the speed or agility they both once have and although if i could perform even half a good at either of their age i would know i be wear the year well . this be fred last ever dance on film of which he say later and that wasn not dance and that be just move aroundi especially like the finale when they reel off a long list of the movie star who have feature in the compilation all do to music and all do in rhyme . however and the real treat from these guy be not what they be do in the link up but rather what they do way back when and and fortunately in that entertainment part ii there be more classic clip than you can shake a stick at .