{"id":5024,"date":"2016-12-15T21:09:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T02:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5024"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:51:37","slug":"the-band-wagon-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5024","title":{"rendered":"The Band Wagon-1953"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Band Wagon-1953<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Vincente Minnelli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #549<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed December 15, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Band Wagon, made in 1953, is a second-tier MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) production- and by that, I mean it is not as stellar as other musicals of its time.<\/p>\n

It lacks the majestic appeal of similar musicals like An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain.<\/p>\n

Directed by Vincente Minnelli- a legendary music director of the 1950s, and starring Fred Astaire, The Band Wagon tells the story of a washed-up movie star trying to revive his career on Broadway.<\/p>\n

He meets opposition from his co-star and prima ballerina, Gabrielle, played by Cyd Charisse, ironically, an actress who appeared in Singin’ in the Rain.<\/p>\n

The Band Wagon is a fun movie, but it is not nearly as good as the film mentioned above. Instead, it is a pale imitator. While other musicals of similar style can be watched numerous times, The Band Wagon is a one-and-done affair.<\/p>\n

The story starts slowly but gets much better towards the end.<\/p>\n

The film has a few memorable musical numbers, notably “That’s Entertainment.”<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: Best Story and Screenplay, Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Costume Design, Color<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Band Wagon-1953 Director Vincente Minnelli Starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse Scott’s Review #549 Reviewed December 15, 2016 Grade: B The Band Wagon, made in 1953, is a second-tier MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) production- and by that, I mean it is not as stellar as other musicals of its time. It lacks the majestic appeal of similar … Continue reading The Band Wagon-1953<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,547,7366,4334,581,4446,4447,4335,47,4320,5995,10469,519],"tags":[52,548,7372,4339,582,4448,4449,4340,250,4323,5997,10476,520],"class_list":["post-5024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1953-films","category-ava-gardner","category-barbara-ruick","category-cyd-charisse","category-fred-astaire","category-james-mitchell","category-julie-newmar","category-madge-blake","category-musicals","category-oscar-levant","category-robert-gist","category-steve-forrest","category-vincente-minnelli","tag-1953-movie-reviews","tag-ava-gardner","tag-barbara-ruick","tag-cyd-charisse","tag-fred-astaire","tag-james-mitchell","tag-julie-newmar","tag-madge-blake","tag-musicals","tag-oscar-levant","tag-robert-gist","tag-steve-forrest","tag-vincente-minnelli"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5024"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20922,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5024\/revisions\/20922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}