The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon (1953)

Released: 1953-08-07 Duration: 1hr 52min
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Rating 7.1
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Overview

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

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $2,900,000.00
Revenue $3,500,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 7.899

Directed By

Vincente Minnelli

Crew

Producer
Arthur Freed
Director of Photography
Harry Jackson
Editor
Albert Akst
Editor
George White
Art Direction
E. Preston Ames
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Costume Design
Mary Ann Nyberg
Recording Supervision
Douglas Shearer
Hairstylist
Sydney Guilaroff
Makeup Artist
John Truwe
Makeup Designer
William Tuttle
Assistant Director
Jerry Thorpe
Screenplay
Betty Comden
Screenplay
Adolph Green
Choreographer
Michael Kidd
Music Director
Adolph Deutsch
Production Design
Oliver Smith
Associate Producer
Roger Edens
Orchestrator
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
Skip Martin
Orchestrator
Alexander Courage
Set Decoration
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
F. Keogh Gleason
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe

TOP CAST

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire

Tony Hunter

Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse

Gabrielle Gerard

Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant

Lester Marton

Nanette Fabray
Nanette Fabray

Lily Marton

Jack Buchanan
Jack Buchanan

Jeffrey Cordova

James Mitchell
James Mitchell

Paul Byrd

Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner (uncredited)

Don Beddoe
Don Beddoe

Producer (uncredited)

Henry Corden
Henry Corden

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest

Passenger on Train (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers

Train Passenger (uncredited)

India Adams
India Adams

Gabrielle Gerard (singing voice) (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley

Auctioneer (uncredited)

Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall

Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

Frank McLure
Frank McLure

Investor (uncredited)

Julie Newmar
Julie Newmar

Salon Model / Chorine in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Colin Kenny

Drunk Outside Arcade (uncredited)

Bert Stevens
Bert Stevens

Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Harold Miller

Bystander in Girl Hunt Ballet (uncredited)

Brandon Beach
Brandon Beach

Auction Guest (uncredited)

Leroy Daniels
Leroy Daniels

Arcade Shoeshine Man (uncredited)

Dorinda Clifton
Dorinda Clifton

Dancer (uncredited)

Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell

Man on Train (uncredited)

Madge Blake
Madge Blake

Investor (uncredited)

James Carlisle
James Carlisle

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Dick Cherney
Dick Cherney

Audience Member (uncredited)

Tom Coleman
Tom Coleman

Waiter (uncredited)

Roy Engel
Roy Engel

Reporter (uncredited)

Al Ferguson
Al Ferguson

Stagehand (uncredited)

Jack Gargan
Jack Gargan

Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Herschel Graham
Herschel Graham

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Ted Jordan
Ted Jordan

Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

John Lupton
John Lupton

Jack - Prompter (uncredited)

Ann McCrea
Ann McCrea

Chorus Member in Hotel Suite (uncredited)

Manuel París
Manuel París

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Frank J. Scannell

Reporter (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
Hal Taggart

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Herb Vigran
Herb Vigran

Man on Train (uncredited)

Dick Gordon
Dick Gordon

Ballet Audience Member (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
Rudy Germane

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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