The Band Wagon Review

Band Wagon, The
Washed-up Hollywoodian Fred Astaire, too-tall ballerina Cyd Charisse, pretentious actor-director Jack Buchanan and writer-comics Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray ready a show for Broadway, have personal and artistic reversals, but manage a hit.

by Kim Newman |
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Release Date:

07 Aug 1953

Running Time:

111 minutes

Certificate:

U

Original Title:

Band Wagon, The

A perfect backstage musical: washed-up Hollywoodian Fred Astaire, too-tall ballerina Cyd Charisse, pretentious actor-director Jack Buchanan and writer-comics Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray ready a show for Broadway, have personal and artistic reversals, but manage a hit. The break-out song That's Entertainment! sums up the picture, which is full of wonderful moments and would earn five stars for Charisse's red dress in the "Girl Hunt" Mickey Spillane spoof ballet alone.

Full of wonderful moments and would earn five stars for Charisse's red dress in the "Girl Hunt" Mickey Spillane spoof ballet alone.
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