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The Band Wagon

Fading movie musical star Tony Hunter, down and out in Hollywood, decides to try his luck on the Broadway stage.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983 (Composer), Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated, Turner Entertainment Co, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Minnelli, Vincente (Director), Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973 (Producer), Comden, Betty (Screenwriter), Green, Adolph (Screenwriter), Astaire, Fred (Actor), Charisse, Cyd (Actor), Levant, Oscar, 1906-1972 (Actor), Fabray, Nanette (Actor), Buchanan, Jack, 1890-1957 (Actor), Mitchell, James, 1920-2010 (Actor), Schickel, Richard, Minnelli, Liza (Commentator), Feinstein, Michael (Commentator), Gist, Robert, 1917-1998 (Actor), Kidd, Michael, 1915-2007, Jackson, Harry, 1896-1953, Robertson, Cliff, 1923-2011
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English French Spanish
Published:	[Atlanta, Ga.] : Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2005.
Edition:	Two-disc special ed., standard version ; full-screen presentation.
Subjects:	Motion picture actors and actresses > Drama. Musicals > Production and direction > New York (State) > Drama. Revues > Drama. Musicals > Drama. Entertainers > United States > Drama. Dancers > United States > Drama. Feature films. Musical films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:	Fading movie musical star Tony Hunter, down and out in Hollywood, decides to try his luck on the Broadway stage.
Item Description:	Edition from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953. Dual-layer disc. "Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition"--Container. Special features: Disc 1: Optional audio feature commentary by Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein; Fred Astaire trailer gallery. Disc 2: Get aboard! The band wagon (new 'making-of' documentary, ca. 37 min.); The men who made the movies: Vincente Minnelli (vintage documentary, ca. 58 min.; produced, directed and written by Richard Schickel, narrated by Cliff Robertson); Two Faced Woman (outtake musical number and dailies); Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet (musical short, n.d., ca. 6 min.).
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:	U.S. MPAA: Not rated; Canada: Rated G; Bonus material not rated.
Production Credits:	Songs, Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz ; dances and musical numbers staged by Michael Kidd ; musical direction, Adolph Deutsch ; director of photography, Harry Jackson ; art directors, Cedric Gibbons and Preston Ames ; film editor, Albert Akst.
ISBN:	0790795663 9780790795669 1419810723 9781419810725
Author Notes:	Fred Astaire is considered the greatest popular dancer of his time. He made his debut at the age of seven accompanied by his older sister Adele on the vaudeville Keith-Orpheum circuit. The brother-sister team made their Broadway debut in Over the Top (1916). For more than a decade, they performed in musicals on Broadway and in London, including George Gershwin's Lady Be Good (1925). An extraordinary tap, theater, and ballroom dancer, Astaire soon turned his attention to film, in which he became accessible to millions. His first picture was with Joan Crawford in Dancing Lady in 1933. That same year, Astaire teamed up with Ginger Rogers in Flying Down to Rio. As the most successful dance team in films, Astaire and Rogers made numerous pictures, including Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and Shall We Dance (1937). During his successful film career, Astaire also danced with Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, and Cyd Charisse. Astaire's dancing displayed technical skill and sophistication. (Bowker Author Biography)