The Band Wagon (1953)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli. With Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray. A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.

The Band Wagon is a 1953 American musical-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 restart his career. However, the play's director wants to make it a pretentious

A lavish, enduring backstage musical from Vincente Minnelli, The Band Wagon tells the tale of Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire who was 54 at the time) a multi-talented but aging movie star who heads for the Great White Way in hopes of bolstering his flagging career. His two talented pals in New York are only too happy to help out by writing him a dazzling play. Unfortunately, for a lot of reasons, including the fact that there is great tension between Tony and his leggy co-star Gabrielle Gerard (Cyd Charisse) because she thinks him too old and he thinks her too tall, the production bombs. Fortunately this only inspires the cast and crew to work even harder until they eventually succeed beyond their wildest dreams. Some of the most memorable songs include:

The opening credits of Vincente Minnelli's "The Band

EDIT: At the age of 86 years old, CYD CHARISSE died yesterday...REST IN PEACE CYD... This is a part of "The Band Wagon" movie. I love Fred Astaire movies and...

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

After venturing down the Primrose Path last week, it's time for a big, bright musical by the people who did it best. So here is MGM's Freed Unit and Vincente Minnelli putting on a show starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse! Arthur Freed was a legendary musical producer behind films like Meet Me in St Louis, Good…

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The Band Wagon is a 1953 MGM musical film starring Fred Astaire, who coincidentally enough had also appeared in the 1931 Broadway revue of the same name.