Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, standout song and dance numbers, a clever fusion of stage and cinema … that's entertainment! The stage on screen: more films about theatre Vincente Minnelli's MGM musical The Band Wagon (1953) has terrific songs, including the celebratory That's Entertainment!, and boasts some joyous choreography but one of my favourite scenes is downright funereal. An ashen-faced man staggers dazed f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AM on April 13, 2021