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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.
- July 9, 1953 (New York City)
The Band Wagon: 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.
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- 3 min
Find out who starred in the classic musical film The Band Wagon, directed by Vincente Minnelli and featuring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse and Ava Gardner. See the full list of actors, writers, producers and other crew members on IMDb.
A musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire as a washed-up movie star who returns to Broadway and faces a pretentious director and a ballet dancer. The film features songs such as 'That's Entertainment' and 'Dancing in the Dark'.
Mar 27, 2005 · A backstage musical about a Broadway show that goes through various stages of failure and triumph. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse star as a dancer and a ballerina who clash and fall in love, while Jack Buchanan plays a director with artistic pretensions.
Famous musical movie star Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) fears his career may be on the skids, but his friends, Lester (Oscar Levant) and Lily (Nanette Fabray), have written a Broadway vehicle to...
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Jul 26, 2023 · Everett Collection. July 26, 2023 7:32 AM EDT. Even though musicals are almost always more than the sum of their parts, Vincente Minnelli’s Crayola-box wonder The Band Wagon enfolds more than...
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