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The musical becomes a frenetic meditation on pop art versus high art, coming down hard on the side of the former.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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The Band Wagon
Overview
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Director and cast
- Vincente Minnelli Director
- Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter
- Cyd Charisse as Gabrielle Gerard
- Oscar Levant as Lester Marton
- Nanette Fabray as Lily Marton
- Jack Buchanan as Jeffrey Cordova
- James Mitchell as Paul Byrd
- Robert Gist as Hal
- Don Beddoe as Producer
- Ava Gardner as Ava Gardner (uncredited)
- Henry Corden as Orchestra Leader
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