Film, Video Web Page The band wagon

Title

• The band wagon

Summary

• Tony Hunter is a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His friends Lester and Lily Marton have written a show they feel would be just right for Tony, and the three team up with Jeffrey Cordova, a self-styled "genius" director, who gets the idea to turn the play into a revised version of Faust. Cordova's more pretentious ideas don't always sit well with the Martons, and Tony isn't too happy with his leggy co-star, Gaby Gerard, whom he's convinced is too tall (then again, she thinks he's too old). But when the show proves a disaster in out-of-town tryouts, everyone realizes they have to put aside their differences if they want a show that will be on Broadway for longer than four hours.

Names

• Minnelli, Vincente, direction.
• Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, production.
• Comden, Betty, writing.
• Green, Adolph, writing.
• Astaire, Fred, cast.
• Charisse, Cyd, cast.
• Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972, cast.
• Fabray, Nanette, cast.
• Buchanan, Jack, 1890-1957, cast.
• Mitchell, James, 1920-2010, cast.
• Gist, Robert, 1917-1998, cast.
• MGM/UA Home Video (Firm)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Loew's Incorporated.
• Copyright Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : released by Loew's, 1953 ; United States : MGM/UA Home Video, [1987].

Headings

• -  Theater--Production and direction--New York (State)--New York--Drama
• -  Acting in musicals--Drama
• -  Actors--New York (State)--New York--Drama
• -  Dramatists--New York (State)--New York--Drama
• -  Theatrical producers and directors--New York (State)--New York--Drama

Genre

• Musical films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Videodiscs

Notes

• -  LP2715 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Loew's Incorporated; 3Jul53; LP2715.
• -  Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, James Mitchell, Robert Gist.
• -  Associate producer, Roger Edens ; musical direction, Adolph Deutsch ; director of photography, Harry Jackson ; film editor, Albert Akst ; art direction, Preston Ames, Cedric Gibbons ; set decoration, Keogh Gleason, Edwin B. Willis ; songs by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz ; dances and musical numbers staged by Michael Kidd ; musical numbers designed by Oliver Smith.
• -  Reissue date is copyright date for videodisc package design.
• -  Filmed in Technicolor.
• -  Summary taken from AllMovie.com.
• -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
• -  Sources used: videodisc jacket; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1950-1959; M/B/RS Film and Television catalog card; Eagan, D. America's film legacy, 2010, p. 473-47; Internet movie database, June 4, 2020; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed June 4, 2020; Variety, July 8, 1953, p. 6, viewed June 4, 2020; AllMovie WWW site, viewed June 4, 2020.
• -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FGA 0710-0722 to CGC 5092-5098.

Medium

• viewing print 13 film reels of 13 on 6 (112 min., ca. 10,080 ft.,) : sd., col., 35 mm.
• viewing copy 1 videodisc of 1 (optical) (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

• DAA 1085 (viewing copy)
• CGC 5092-5098 (viewing print)

Source Collection

• LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress)

Library of Congress Control Number

• 96505742

Online Format

• web page
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/96505742

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