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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.
- Vincente Minnelli
- 128
- 3 min
Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's The Band Wagon (1953), directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, and Nanette Fabray.
He had supporting roles in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals The Barkleys of Broadway (1949), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; An American in Paris (1951), starring Gene Kelly; and The Band Wagon (1953), starring Astaire and Cyd Charisse. Oscar Levant regularly appeared on NBC radio's Kraft Music Hall, starring singer Al Jolson. He not ...
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The Barkleys of Broadway: Directed by Charles Walters. With Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke. A married musical team splits up so the wife can become a serious actress.
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- Charles Walters
- Passed
- Comedy, Musical
Mar 22, 2022 · THE BAND WAGON, 1953, Fred Astaire Cyd Charisse classic movie musical Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, Vincente Minnelli, Arthur Freed MGM film. Mar 22, 2022. 18 min read. 96. THE BAND WAGON, 1953. One of cinema’s best and most satisfying feel-good musical comedies. "The Band Wagon"
Aug 7, 2018 · In MGM’s 1953 musical "The Band Wagon," Fred Astaire — back from a first and unsuccessful retirement himself — stars as Tony Hunter, a musical film and stage star past his prime.
'The Bandwagon' is an exhilarating MGM musical comedy made in 1953, directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan. It is an uplifting "feel good" movie and in sheer quality has been likened to the classic musical 'Singing In The Rain' made a year earlier.