This is about the musical revue. For the film, see The Band Wagon (1953 film). For the musical of the same name, see The Band Wagon.

The Band Wagon.
The Band Wagon is a musical revue.
Cast[]
- Adele Astaire - Performer
- Fred Astaire - Performer
- John Barker - Performer
- Helen Broderick - Performer
- Philip Loeb - Performer
- Frank Morgan - Performer
- Francis Pierlot - Performer
- Roberta Robinson - Performer
Plot[]
A parody of the set pieces of the typical show, involved moonlight seranade, the waltz number, and the overworked blackout. In the "Pour le Bain" sketch, Helen Broderick is a Westchester matron shopping for bathroom fixtures in an expensive store, including bathtubs and washbowls. Noting that there was no mention of the "other fixture," the salesman replies with a line of poetry from Keats -- "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter," followed by a blackout. Frank Morgan, a Southern colonel in "The Pride of the Claghornes," throws his daughter out because she never did anything wrong, thereby going against Southern tradition. Percy Hammond repeatedly noted about the attractive chorus girls "They look, as Miss Laurette Taylor used to say, as if they all had mothers. In "Good Old Nectar," instead of cheering the football star, the old graduates cheer the history champion.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Where Can He Be?" - Helen Broderick
- "Nanette" - Frank Morgan, Philip Loeb, Francis Pierlot
- "Sweet Music" - Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire
- "High and Low" - John Barker and Roberta Robinson
- "Hoops" - Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire
- "(What's the Use of Being) Miserable with You?" - Adele Astaire
- "New Sun in the Sky" - Fred Astaire
- "I Love Louisa" - Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
- Act II
- "White Heat" - Adele Astaire
- "Dancing in the Dark" - John Barker
- "A Nice Place to Visit" - Helen Broderick