The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)


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Cast & Crew.

Fred Astaire
Tony Hunter

Cyd Charisse
Gabrielle Gerard

Oscar Levant
Lester Marton

Nanette Fabray
Lily Marton

Jack Buchanan
Jeffrey Cordova

James Mitchell
Paul Byrd

Robert Gist
Hal

Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner (uncredited)

Don Beddoe
Producer (uncredited)

Henry Corden
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Passenger on Train (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich
Hot Dog Vendor

Richard Alexander
Stagehand

Bess Flowers
Train Passenger (uncredited)

India Adams
Gabrielle Gerard (singing voice) (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley
Auctioneer (uncredited)

Thurston Hall
Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Investor (uncredited)

Julie Newmar
Salon Model / Chorine in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Drunk Outside Arcade (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Bystander in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

Brandon Beach
Auction Guest (uncredited)

Leroy Daniels
Arcade Shoeshine Man (uncredited)

Dorinda Clifton
Dancer (uncredited)

Emory Parnell
Man on Train (uncredited)

Madge Blake
Investor (uncredited)

James Carlisle
Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Dick Cherney
Audience Member (uncredited)

Tom Coleman
Waiter (uncredited)

Roy Engel
Reporter (uncredited)

Al Ferguson
Stagehand (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Herschel Graham
Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Ted Jordan
Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

John Lupton
Jack - Prompter (uncredited)

Ann McCrea
Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

Manuel París
Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Reporter (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Herb Vigran
Man on Train (uncredited)

Dick Gordon
Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Betty Comden
Story / Screenplay

Arthur Freed
Producer

Harry Jackson
Director of Photography

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

George White
Editor

Vincente Minnelli
Director

Adolph Green
Story / Screenplay

Albert Akst
Editor

E. Preston Ames
Art Direction

Mary Ann Nyberg
Costume Design

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision

William Tuttle
Makeup Designer

John Truwe
Makeup Artist
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Details.
Release DateAugust 7, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 52m
Budget$2,900,000
Box Office$3,500,000
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The Band Wagon is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. It tells the story of an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will revive his career. However, the play's director wants to make it a pretentious retelling of the Faust legend and brings in a prima ballerina who clashes with the star. Along with An American in Paris (1951) and Singin' in the Rain (1952), it is regarded as one of the finest Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals, although it was a box-office disappointment on first release.
The songs were written by the team of composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricist Howard Dietz. Schwartz was a prolific Hollywood composer who teamed with numerous lyricists over the years, while Dietz, a studio publicist, generally collaborated with Schwartz. Some of the songs in the film had been created for the original 1931 Broadway musical by Schwartz and Dietz, also titled The Band Wagon, with a book by George S. Kaufman and starring Fred Astaire and his sister Adele. The movie's dances and musical numbers were staged by Michael Kidd.
The song "That's Entertainment!", which Schwartz and Dietz wrote specifically for the film, was a hit and has become a standard in popular music. Another song orchestrated by Conrad Salinger, "Dancing in the Dark", is considered part of the Great American Songbook and was from the original Broadway production. Astaire's early number in the film, "A Shine on Your Shoes", was written for a 1932 Broadway revue with music and lyrics by Dietz and Schwartz titled Flying Colors. (It was originally performed by the dancing team of Buddy and Vilma Ebsen). In the film version of The Band Wagon, the song was reworked as a specialty number by jazz arranger Skip Martin to showcase all of Astaire's musical talents.
The musical director was Adolph Deutsch and the production was designed by Oliver Smith working for the first time in motion pictures. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, Color, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay.
Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who received the nomination for the screenplay, patterned the film's characters Lester and Lily Marton after themselves; however, the fictional characters were a married couple, and Comden and Green were not romantically involved. The character of an overachieving impresario was developed with the successful producer-director-actor José Ferrer in mind.
In 1995, The Band Wagon was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2006, this film ranked number 17 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals.
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