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The Band Wagon (1953)

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

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Ashley H 23 Nov 2007

Stunning musical about fading star Fred Astaire making stage comeback with the help of friends Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabares. Jack Buchanon is fun as hammy stage actor who teams up with the group. Cyd Charisse joins in as haughty ballerina. The songs are first rate. Fred's solos and girl hunt ballet are good but I prefer romantic Dancing in the Dark number. The other highlight is Fred cheering up the cast after the first night flops. This was the film that introduced That's Entertainment. It is given a joyous presentation as Jack Buchanon explains what the job of show business is all about.The color is stunning, costumes great, set design was good.

Spencer S 01 Jun 2010

Hard not to like this perennial favorite from Vincente Minelli, one of his most effervescent films, up there with 'Meet Me in St. Louis' and 'An American in Paris'. Plot is paper-thin: washed up Hollywood hoofer returns to New York to star in a Broadway review written by two pals (obviously based on Betty Comden and Adolph Greene), review gets re-visualized by famous wunderkind impresario (a hilarious Jack Buchanan) with disastrous results, cast goes on the road to whip the production into a success. This would all be very mediocre if it wasn't for the magnificent dancing of Fred Astaire and the beautiful Cyd Charisse and fantastic choreography by Michael Kidd. The score by Dietz and Schwarz is hit or miss, with the solid anthem 'That's Entertainment' vying with clunkers like 'Triplets' and hokum like 'Louisiana Hayride'. The 'Girl Hunt' finale is a bit outlandish, but without a doubt the real highlight is Astaire and Charisse 'Dancing in the Dark' - truly one of the greatest romantic expressions on film.

Art S 20 Dec 2009

You hear the name Fred Astaire and you know it's gonna be worth it.

Paolo K 12 Feb 2010

Now I realize why I like Minelli's work with musicals: the dream like sequences that go on forever and dazzle.

Rikki C 28 Nov 2010

It may not be the best musical I have seen nor follow beautifully in the footsteps of "An American in Paris" or "Singin' in the Rain," but "The Band Wagon" does have a number of fine qualities. The songs are very catchy and memorable, the storyline is interesting, the failed productions are funny, the production which succeeds is good, and the dancing and singing is pretty nice (comparatively, the film is a breath of fresh air towards later musical Best Picture winners Oliver and Gigi which I was not a fan of). The plot does seem to drift it a little astray but it overly does not mainly effect the film as a whole. The cast actually is well made, with the supporting cast being quite good and the cameo appearance of Ava Gardner certainly caught me off guard. A relatively good musical, and a finer one from the 1950's.