The Band Wagon

  • Music
  • Comedy
  • Romance
8/7/1953
112
NR

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A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Revenue:
$3,500,000
Budget:
$2,900,000

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  • Geronimo1967

    Now I do watch quite a lot of horrors films, but it's been a while since I've seen something quite so un-nerving as Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse and Oscar Levant all dressed up as babies singing a song about having a gun! That rather sums up this entertainingly eclectic story that sees the theatrically flamboyant "Cordova" (Jack Buchanan) drafted in to try and inject some life into the lacklustre "Tony" (Astaire). He's been feeling a bit down in the dumps for ages and now that he's no longer the apple of anyone's eye, is downright dejected. Luckily for him (and us) his two friends "Les" (Levant) and "Lily" (Nanette Fabray) aren't giving up. Problem? Well they have to find him a co-star for his new show - and when they alight on the somewhat h...

    July 16, 2024

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