Review of The Band Wagon (1953) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 11 Nov 2002
Singin' in the Rain is a comedy, but The Band Wagon has a note of melancholy along with its smiles, a sadness always present among Broadway veterans, who have seen more failure than success, who know the show always closes and that the backstage family breaks up and returns to the limbo of auditions and out-of-town tryouts.
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This review of The Band Wagon (1953) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 11 Nov 2002.
The Band Wagon has generally received very positive reviews.
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