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7 August 1953 (USA)
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Plot:
A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition. full summary | full synopsis
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Ballet
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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1 nomination
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(9 articles)
Scenes We Love: The Band Wagon
(From Cinematical. 13 November 2009, 3:45 PM, PST)
Gigi Blu-ray Review -- Dellamorte enjoys the velvet touch of Master Vincente Minnelli
(From Collider.com. 20 April 2009)
(From Cinematical. 13 November 2009, 3:45 PM, PST)
Gigi Blu-ray Review -- Dellamorte enjoys the velvet touch of Master Vincente Minnelli
(From Collider.com. 20 April 2009)
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Obvious candidate for best Hollywood musical of all.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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 |
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I Love Louisa (USA) (working title)
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111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono )Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp |
West Germany:12 |
Canada:G (video rating) |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (PCA #16342)
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The title is from an original 1931 Broadway musical, by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, which starred Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele Astaire. Only the title and some of the songs were borrowed for this film, and the stories are entirely different. The exact same thing occurred later with Fred Astaire in Funny Face (1957), in which Astaire and his sister Adele had originally appeared on Broadway in 1927. The only opportunity Astaire had to recreate a role on film that he had originated on Broadway was in The Gay Divorcee (1934), from Broadway's "Gay Divorce".
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Continuity: After the Oedipus number, Cordova buttons his jacket crookedly. In the next scene it is correctly buttoned.
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Lester Marton:
I can stand anything but failure!
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That's Entertainment
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Ignore some rather dim comments above about the film's supposed failings, "The Bandwagon" is one of the definitive products of the MGM Freed unit, the last wholly great musical of its era. The score is outstanding, the pace brisk, the numbers - "By Myself", "Shine On Your Shoes", "Triplets", "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" and the marvelous "Girl Hunt Ballet" - a delight. Don't quibble people, it was all downhill from here!