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Summaries. A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition. Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed-up and old-hat (old top hat, tie, and tails to be exact). The reporters are out for Ava Gardner, not him.
Mar 27, 2005 · "The Band Wagon" (1953) came only a year after the same writers, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, wrote "Singin' in the Rain." Both are great backstage musicals, one about Hollywood, the other about Broadway, one starring Gene Kelly , the other Fred Astaire.
Mar 14, 2005. Rated: 5/10 • Aug 9, 2023. Rated: A+ • Oct 21, 2022. Rated: 2.5/4 • Mar 17, 2018. Famous musical movie star Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) fears his career may be on the skids, but his...
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Synopsis. Tony Hunter, a dancing star whose movie career is in a slump, returns to New York and meets with his old friends, writers Lester and Lily Marton. The Martons reveal that they have written a show as a comeback vehicle for Tony, to be staged by the hot new director Jeffrey Cordova.
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...
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.
One of the most subtle and sophisticated of the musical comedies that came out of MGM's Arthur Freed Unit in the '40s and '50s, The Band Wagon stars Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical.
