The Band Wagon 1953 123movies

Watch: The Band Wagon 1953 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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. But his old friends Lily and Les Martin have an idea for a funny little Broadway show and he agrees to do it. But things begin to get out of hand, when bigshot “artistic” director/producer/star Jeffrey Cordova joins the production, proclaims it’s a modernistic Faust and insists on hiring a prima ballerina, Gabrielle Gerard, to star opposite Tony, and it’s hate at first sight. And her jealous choreographer isn’t helping to ease the tension. The show is doomed by pretentiousness. But romance, a “let’s put on a show” epiphany, and a triumphant opening are waiting in the wings. After all, this is a musical comedy!.
Plot: A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star’s comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
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Ratings:

	7.4/10 Votes: 11,587
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	93/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 165 Popularity: 8.583 | TMDB

Reviews:

Last of the great Hollywood musicals
Just saw this again, for the first time in 10 years. What a show! This is unquestionably the last of the great line of MGM – and, therefore, Hollywood – musicals . . . the last real flowering of Arthur Freed’s genius at holding together a team of top production talents which had produced such a fine string of musicals. Not a dull spot in the entire movie and tremendous style in Minnelli’s direction. Nice to see Jack Buchanan getting a last chance in the spotlight – his top hat routine with Astaire is one of the highlights of the movie. Astaire himself, playing the fading musical star which he was by 1953, has a magnificent opening with two contrasting numbers – the wistful By Myself and the exuberant Shine on your Shoes – tailored to set up his character perfectly. The Girl Hunt ballet is, of course, the dancing highlight of the movie and it is here that the utterly wonderful Cyd Charisse comes into her own. Apart from being arguably the best female dancer in Hollywood history, she was certainly the most beautiful: the scene in the ballet in which she appears on a bar stool and slips off her coat to reveal a dramatic red dress oozes with as much sex appeal as any movie moment I’ve ever seen.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min) (Turner library print) (copyright length)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director Vincente Minnelli
Writer Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Norman Corwin
Actors Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 3 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor, USA (color by) (as Technicolor)
Film Length 3,070.56 m (13 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm