The Band Wagon (1953)

Original title	The Band Wagon
Swedish release title	Den stora premiären
Distribution title	Tous en scène! (Frankrike) A roda da fortuna (Portugal) A roda da fortuna (Brasilien) Brindis al amor (Argentina) Vorhang auf! (Västtyskland) Vorhang auf! (Österrike) Tous en scène! (Belgien) Allen op 't toneel (Belgien) Iskelmäkaruselli (Finland) La rueda de la fortuna (Venezuela) Let på tå (Danmark) Melodías de Broadway (Spanien) Spettacolo di varietà (Italien) Ένα Χορό για Σένα (Grekland) Ena horo gia sena (Grekland) קרון התזמורת (Israel) A zenevonat (Ungern) Wszyscy na scenę (Polen) バンド・ワゴン (Japan) Театральный фургон (Ryssland) Çağdaş aşıklar (Turkiet)
Working title	I Love Louisa Strategy of Love

Director	Vincente Minnelli
Screenplay	Betty Comden Adolph Green
Producer	Arthur Freed
Director of Photography	George J. Folsey (ej krediterad)
Music	Alexander Courage (ej krediterad) Adolph Deutsch (ej krediterad) Conrad Salinger (ej krediterad)
Choreography	Michael Kidd
Production Designer	Cedric Gibbons Preston Ames Oliver Smith (musiknummer)
Film Editor	Albert Akst George White (ej krediterad)
Production Mixer	Douglas Shearer James Brock (ej krediterad) Ben Price (ej krediterad)
Assistant Director	Jerry Thorpe Jack Greenwood (ej krediterad)
Second Assistant Director	Al Alt (ej krediterad)
Technical Advisor	Henri Jaffa (Technicolorkonsult) Robert Brower (Technicolorkonsult)
Script Supervisor	William T. Orr (as Bill Orr) (ej krediterad)
Special Effects	Warren Newcombe
Scenario	Betty Comden Adolph Green
Associate Producer	Roger Edens Bill Ryan (ej krediterad)
Unit Manager	Hugh Boswell (ej krediterad) Carroll Pratt (stage manager - ej krediterad)
Production Secretary	Janet Koye (ej krediterad)
Unit Publicist	Emily Torchia (ej krediterad)
Camera Operator	Robert J. Bronner (ej krediterad)
Assistant Camera Operator	Harry Jackson
Gaffer	Phil Philbrick (ej krediterad)
Best Boy	Gene Stout (ej krediterad) Charles Burrell (ej krediterad)
Key Grip	Mervin Price (ej krediterad)
Orchestra Leader	Adolph Deutsch
Musician	Harry V. Lojewski (piano - ej krediterad)
Assistant Choreographer	Alex Romero (ej krediterad) Pat Denise (ej krediterad)
Orchestration	Conrad Salinger Skip Martin Alexander Courage Robert Franklyn (ej krediterad)
Musical Director	Adolph Deutsch
Set Decorator	Edwin B. Willis Keogh Gleason
Propman	Tom Ordoqui (ej krediterad) Tommy Crawford (ej krediterad) Harold Turberg (repetitionsteamet - ej krediterad)
Costume Designer	Mary Ann Nyberg
Make-up Supervisor	William Tuttle
Hair Stylist	Sydney Guilaroff
Wardrobe	Morris Brown (ej krediterad) Grace Kuhn (ej krediterad)
Sound Assistant	Al Smith (playback operator - ej krediterad)
Other Crew	India Adams (sångdubbare för Cyd Charisse - ej krediterad) Alex Romero (dansstand-in för Fred Astaire - ej krediterad) Pat Denise (dansstand-in för Cyd Charisse - ej krediterad) Dwayne Ratliff (dansstand-in - ej krediterad)

Fred Astaire	Tony Hunter
Cyd Charisse	Gabrielle "Gaby" Gerard
Oscar Levant	Lester Marton
Nanette Fabray	Lily Marton
Jack Buchanan	Jeffrey "Jeff" Cordova
James Mitchell	Paul Byrd
Robert Gist	Hal Benton, Jeff Cordovas manager
-	Ej krediterade:
Thurston Hall	överste Tripp
Ava Gardner	som sig själv
Leroy Daniels	skoputsaren
Jack Tesler	Ivan
Dee Turnell	Barbara, flicka i truppen
Elynne Ray	flicka i truppen
Peggy Murray	flicka i truppen
Judy Landon	flicka i truppen
Jimmy Thompson	pojke i truppen
Bert May	pojke i truppen
John Lupton	Jack
Owen McGiveney	rekvisitör
Ann McCrea	medlem av kören på hotellsviten
Bob Stebbins	medlem av kören på hotellsviten
Ted Jordan	medlem av kören på hotellsviten
Lyle Clark	medlem av kören på hotellsviten
Dee Hartford	flicka i "The Girl Hunt Ballet"-sekvensen
Eden Hartford	flicka i "The Girl Hunt Ballet"-sekvensen
Julie Newmar (as Julie Newmeyer)	flicka i "The Girl Hunt Ballet"-sekvensen
Shirley Lopez	flicka i danstruppen
Douglas Fowley	auktionsförrättare
Madge Blake	investerare
Robert Burton	matleverantör
Don Beddoe	producent
Sam Hearn	agent
Herb Vigran	man på tåget
Emory Parnell	man på tåget
Ernest Anderson	sovvagnskonduktör
Donald Kerr	fotograf
Frank J. Scannell	journalist
Stuart Wilson	journalist
Roy Engel	journalist
Dick Sands	man i gallerian
Ben Moselle	man i gallerian
Mario Lamm	man i gallerian
Eddie Lou Simms	man i gallerian
Glen Walters	kvinna i gallerian
Wilson Wood	mannen i burkkastarståndet i gallerian
Al Hill	man i skjutståndet i gallerian
Michael Economides	ung man i gallerian
George Economides	ung man i gallerian
Curtis Loys Jackson Jr.	ung man i gallerian
Gwenn Fields	kvinna i gallerian
Julie Hedin	kvinna i gallerian
George Sherwood	investerare
Stuart Holmes	investerare
Harry Stanton	investerare
Marion Gray	investerare
Estelle Etterre	investerare
Lillian Culver	investerare
Bess Flowers	kvinna på tåget / kvinna i balettnumret "Girl Hunt"
Jack Gargan	hotellvaktmästare
Joe Brockman	droskkusk
Betty Farrington	dekoratör i Faust-showen
Jack Stoney	scenarbetare
Al Ferguson	scenarbetare
Richard Alexander	scenarbetare
Charles Regan	scenarbetare
Henry Corden	orkesterledaren i Faust-showen
Wymer Gard	vaktmästare
Helen Dickson	premiärbesökare
Dulcie Day	kvinna i lobbyn
Paul Power	man i lobbyn
Smoki Whitfield	överste Tripps chaufför
Manuel París	kypare
Lotte Stein	Cordovas tyska kammarjungfru
Bobby Watson	Bobby, Tonys uppassare
Matt Mattox	specialdansör
Bill Foster	akrobatdansare i truppen
Pinkie Corrigan	dansare
Shelah Hackett	dansare
Marilyn Radcliff	dansare
Cecile Rogers	dansare
Barbara Bailey	dansare
Patsy Bangs	dansare
Mary Hammond	dansare
Helen McAllister	dansare
Joette Robinson	dansare
Nolie Miller	dansare
Crystal White	dansare
Joan Collenette	dansare
Marc Wilder	dansare
Jack Dodds	dansare
Dick D'Arcy	dansare
Herman Boden	dansare
Dorinda Clifton	dansare
Roberta Stevenson	dansare
Jack Colton	dansare
Jack Regas	dansare
Frank Radcliffe	dansare
Ralph Beaumont	dansare
William Lundy	dansare
Mary Menzies	dansare
Loulie Jean Norman	sångerska i numret "That's Entertainment"
Gloria Wood	sångerska i numret "That's Entertainment"
Judy Matson	sångerska i numret "That's Entertainment"
Barbara Ruick	kvinna som stiger av tåget
Fred Aldrich	varmkorvförsäljare
Paul Bradley	kypare
Sue Casey	lång flicka i gallerian
James Conaty	premiärbesökare
Fred Datig Jr.	vaktmästare
Steve Forrest	man som stiger av tåget
Colin Kenny	berusad man utanför gallerian
Frank McClure	investerare
Harold Miller	en man vid "The Girl Hunt Ballet"
Brick Sullivan	specialeffekttekniker
Oliver Cross	ej identifierad roll
Alan Marston	ej identifierad roll
Lawrence Montaigne	ej identifierad roll
Norman Stevens	ej identifierad roll
Robert Spencer	ej identifierad roll
Earl Spainard	ej identifierad roll
Phil Rhodes	ej identifierad roll
Harlan Hoagland	ej identifierad roll
Hal Taggart	ej identifierad roll

Production Company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright	Loew's Inc.	1953-07-03	LP2715
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm)	AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1954

Censorship number	83754
Date	1954-02-09
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3080 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Technicolor
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3071 meter
Length in minutes	112 min
Reels	13 reels

			(komplettering)	1953-02-09	1953-02-09
				1952-09-17	1953-01-28
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard	Culver City, Kalifornien	USA

First showing	1953-07-09		New York City, New York	USA	112 min
Other showing	1953-08-07			USA	112 min	(US release)
Release in Sweden	1954-04-12	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	112 min
TV showing	1972-04-28	TV1		Sweden
	1976-11-06	TV1		Sweden
	1979-02-02	TV1		Sweden

Original title	By Myself
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1937)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1937)
Sung by	Fred Astaire

Original title	Penny Arcade
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1953)

Original title	A Shine on Your Shoes
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1932)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1932)
Sung by	Fred Astaire
Dancer	Fred Astaire
	Leroy Daniels

Original title	The Stars and Stripes Forever!
Composer	John Philip Sousa	(1897)

Original title	Oedipus Rex Bridge
Composer	Alexander Courage	(1953)
Lyrics	Roger Edens	(1953)
Sung by	Jack Buchanan	(ej i bild)
	kör	(ej i bild)

Original title	That's Entertainment
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1953)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1953)
Sung by	Jack Buchanan
	Nanette Fabray
	Oscar Levant
	Fred Astaire
	Jack Buchanan	(repris)
	Nanette Fabray	(repris)
	Oscar Levant	(repris)
	India Adams	(repris - dubbar Cyd Charisse)
	Fred Astaire	(repris)

Original title	Beggar's Waltz
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1931)
Dancer	Cyd Charisse
	James Mitchell
	kör

Original title	Dancing in the Dark
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1931)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1931)
Dancer	Fred Astaire
	Cyd Charisse

Original title	You and the Night and the Music
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1934)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1934)
Sung by	kör
Dancer	Fred Astaire
	Cyd Charisse

Original title	The Egg
Composer	Conrad Salinger	(1953)

Original title	Something To Remember You By
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1930)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1930)
Sung by	kör

Original title	High and Low
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1931)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1931)
Sung by	kör

Original title	I Love Louisa
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1931)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1931)
Sung by	Fred Astaire
	Oscar Levant
	Nanette Fabray
	kör
Dancer	Fred Astaire
	Oscar Levant
	Nanette Fabray
	kör

Original title	Sweet Music
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1931)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1931)

Original title	New Sun in the Sky
Sung by	India Adams	(dubbar Cyd Charisse)
	kör
Dancer	Cyd Charisse
	kör

Original title	I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1929)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1929)
Sung by	Fred Astaire
	Jack Buchanan
Dancer	Fred Astaire
	Jack Buchanan

Original title	Louisiana Hayride
Sung by	Nanette Fabray
	kör
Dancer	Nanette Fabray
	kör

Original title	Triplets
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1931)
Lyrics	Howard Dietz	(1931)
Sung by	Fred Astaire
	Nanette Fabray
	Jack Buchanan

Original title	The Girl Hunt: A Murder Mystery in Jazz
Composer	Arthur Schwartz	(1953)
Dancer	Fred Astaire
	Cyd Charisse
	kör

Original title	For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
Sung by	kör

That's Entertainment, Part 2 (1976)		The Band Wagon (1953)
Precious Images (1986)		The Band Wagon (1953)

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	3080

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	9
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck