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Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 American musical film released by 20th Century Fox that takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of "serious" music.
- Henry King
- Irving Berlin, Richard Sherman
Alexander's Ragtime Band: Directed by Henry King. With Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman. This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
- (2.3K)
- Drama, Music, Musical
- Henry King
- 1938-08-16
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star.
- 1938
- 4
- Henry King
- 106 min
Alexander's Ragtime Band -- (Movie Clip) Blue Skies In an all-Irving Berlin musical, the composer's two favorite singers (Ethel Merman as "Jerry", Alice Faye as "Stella," having just met) take turns with "Blue Skies," in Alexander's Ragtime Band, 1938.
- Henry King, Robert Webb, Henry Weinberger
- Tyrone Power
In 1910s San Francisco, concert violinist Roger Grant (Tyrone Power), also known as Alexander, abandons classical music to join a ragtime band with pianist Charlie...
- (36)
- Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
- Henry King
- Musical
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Set in the early 1900s, this engaging story with music by Irving Berlin follows an aristocrat (Tyrone Power) who leads a swing band and falls for his lead singer (Alice Faye)!
Alexander's Ragtime Band is a 1938 American musical film released by 20th Century Fox that takes its name from the 1911 Irving Berlin song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in ragtime instead of "serious" music.
