In Old Chicago
1938
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- Alexander's Ragtime Band was the subject of some mild ridicule in its day from critics who commented that, despite the fact that the time frame of the film covers a couple of decades, the stars never aged. But Alexander doesn't pretend to be realistic; it's a delightful little morsel of a film that's the cinematic equivalent of comfort food.
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83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 46% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In 1910s San Francisco, concert violinist Roger Grant (Tyrone Power), also known as Alexander, abandons classical music to join a ...
39 User reviews. 14 Critic reviews. Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 6 nominations total.
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- Drama, Music, Musical
- Henry King
- 1938-08-16
38 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 8/10. The First Irving Berlin Songfest. bkoganbing 30 September 2006. I wouldn't want to put money on it, but I'm willing to say there must be at least 25 Irving Berlin songs in Alexander's Ragtime Band.
Contemporary reviews from critics were positive. Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times wrote, "With those twenty-six Berlin tunes at its disposal and with such assured song-pluggers as Alice Faye and Ethel Merman to put them over, the picture simply runs roughshod over minor critical objection and demands recognition as the best musical show of ...
- Henry King
- Irving Berlin, Richard Sherman
Reviews. Dec 31, 1937 11:00pm PT. Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band is a grand filmusical which stirs and thrills, a medley of more than 30...
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is a Tin Pan Alley song by American composer Irving Berlin released in 1911; it is often inaccurately cited as his first global hit. Despite its title, the song is a march as opposed to a rag and contains little syncopation.
