The Band Wagon
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Writer: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Alan Jay Lerner
Producer: Arthur Freed
The Band Wagon is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The plot follows an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will revive his career, but the play's director envisions a pretentious retelling of Faust and brings in a prima ballerina who clashes with the star.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color; Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score.
Previous Showings
22 Runs • 15 Festivals
All runs on record (22):
- July 11 - 23, 1987w/ Flying Down to Rio
- June 22 - 26, 1990w/ An American in Paris
- July 27 - 30, 1991w/ Singin' in the Rain
- February 13 - 16, 1993w/ Silk Stockings
- September 1 - 2, 1994w/ An American in Paris
- July 28 - 30, 1999summer99w/ Funny Face
- December 28 - 30, 1999w/ The Wizard of Oz
- December 28 - 30, 2001Holiday 2001w/ Funny Face
- November 16 - 17, 2002Fall Folliesw/ Cabin in the Sky
- August 14 - 17, 2004Summer 2004w/ The Bad and the Beautiful
- March 31 - April 6, 2006Ronald Colmanw/ Meet Me in St. Louis
- July 14, 2007Summer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Funny Face
- July 19 - 22, 2008Summer 2008 Bette Davis, James Stewart, silent films and more!w/ Top Hat
- December 15 - 17, 200920th Anniversary Festivalw/ Funny Face
- May 14 - 16, 2011Musicalsw/ Monte Carlo
- August 25 - 28, 2012Summer 2012w/ You Were Never Lovelier
- May 24 - 25, 2014Fred Astairew/ Top Hat
- August 20 - 23, 2016Summer 2016w/ Meet Me in St. Louis
- October 21 - 23, 2022w/ 42nd Street
- February 23 - 25, 2024Fred Astairew/ Top Hat
- August 3 - 4, 2024Directed by Vincente Minnelliw/ Brigadoon
- June 7 - 8, 2025Fred Astairew/ Top Hat