David, there are so many remarkable moments in this whole film...not to mention the great orchestrations, the remarkable MGM Studio Orchestra. and all that went into the production...
I hope WB is listening (or, reading)...
...if you've never seen Cyd Charisse sliding across the ground of a New York subway station, from screen right to screen left, attaching herself to Fred Astaire's legs (in a somewhat revealing vailed dress)...you ain't seen nothin'...
...just kidding...it's a wonderful moment...
Does anyone remember the great legacy of the MGM musical? WB are the caretakers of that vast library which, as yet, seems only to have seen a bit of the light of day.
The Band Wagon has been languishing, it appears, for such a long time. We were told, a few years ago, that it was being...