The Band Wagon–Conclusion of the 1953 Movie

In the last post, we highlighted four numbers from the 1953 movie, The Band Wagon, with Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant. In this final post, we intend to give you less talk and more music. Please click on the link to see the rest of the musical numbers from the movie.

Our first number is Fred’s hauntingly truthful introspective song, “By Myself.”

Next, we have the exuberant conclusion of the movie, as our five stars sing “That’s Entertainment.”

We now come to the fun of “Triplets;” although it was not fun to film. Because of the necessity of dancing on their knees, the shooting could not last more than 20 minutes at a time. A lot of pain to shoot; a lot of fun to watch.

The next song has to be one of the most beautiful compositions ever written for the Broadway stage; here is the 1934 Enric Madriguera recording of “You and the Night and the Music.” The vocal is by Tony Sacco.

And we follow up with another enchanting song from Schwartz and Dietz, “Something to Remember You By.” Here is a recording by Tommy Christian and his Orchestra from 1930, with a vocal by Jack Arthur.

Of course, this next number is one that you may have seen many times before, but we never tire in watching it. Here is Fred and Cyd in their famous “Dancing in the Dark.”