The Band Wagon Quotes

The Band Wagon is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . The Band Wagon completed its run in 1970.

It features Arthur Freed, and Roger Edens as producer, Arthur Schwartz, and Howard Dietz in charge of musical score, and Harry Jackson (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

The Band Wagon is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Band Wagon is 111 minutes long. The Band Wagon is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: Jack Buchanan as Jeffrey Cordova, Nanette Fabray as Lily Marton, Oscar Levant as Lester Marton, Cyd Charisse as Gabrielle Gerard, Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, and Fred Astaire as Jeffrey Cordova, Lily Marton, Lester Marton, Tony Hunter.

The Band Wagon Quotes

Nanette Fabray as Lily Marton

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Cyd Charisse as Gabrielle Gerard

• (Cyd Charisse) "That's an early Degas, isn't it?"
• (Cyd Charisse) "1877 --"
• (Fred Astaire) "Yeah, I swiped it from his desk in school. Was he sore --"

• (Cyd Charisse) "The show's a big hit, Tony -- It's going to run for a long time.As far as I'm concerned, it's going to run forever."

Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter

• (Fred Astaire) "She came at me in sections -- more curves than a scenic railway."

• (Fred Astaire) "Oh, I'm afraid I've been very rude, I haven't told you how wonderful you were tonight."
• (Cyd Charisse) "Oh, thank you, I'm a great admirer of your work."
• (Fred Astaire) "I didn't think you'd even heard of me."
• (Cyd Charisse) "Heard of you? I used to see all your pictures when I was a little girl. And I'm still a fan, I recently went to see a revival of them at the museum --"
• (Fred Astaire) "Museum? 'Step right this way, ladies and gentlemen, Egyptian mummies, extinct reptiles, and Tony Hunter, the grand old man of the dance.""
• (Cyd Charisse) "I didn't mean --"
• (Fred Astaire) "Young lady, I'll have you know I can still thread a needle without my eyeglasses and still occasionally do a soft-shoe shuffle. Nothing balletic of course --"
• (Cyd Charisse) "You're not a ballet devotee, are you?"
• (Fred Astaire) "Oh, yes. I saw all the greats; Pavlova, Carsanova, you don't see dancing like that nowadays. Oh, I'm terribly sorry --"
• (Cyd Charisse) "Oh, that's all right. I wouldn't expect you to class me with Pavlova. In fact I doubt even she'd be good enough for you. You'd probably insist on an audition first."
• (Fred Astaire) "Darn right, I'd audition my own grandmother."
• (Cyd Charisse) "Then why don't you audition mine? She'd be just about right for you. Oh, I'm sorry --"
• (Fred Astaire) "Oh, no you're not."
• (Cyd Charisse) "No I'm not."
• (Fred Astaire) "Neither am I."

• (Fred Astaire) "No, don't say it; "Tony Hunter. 1953." I hereby declare my independence. Tony Hunter, 1776."

• (Fred Astaire) "That's En-ter-tain-ment."

• (Fred Astaire) "She was bad. She was dangerous. I wouldn't trust her any farther than I could throw her. But -- she was my kind of woman."

• (Fred Astaire) "The city was asleep. The joints were closed. The rats and hoods and killers were in their holes."

• (Fred Astaire) "She was scared. Scared as a turkey in November."

Oscar Levant as Lester Marton

• (Oscar Levant) "I can stand anything but pain."

• (Oscar Levant) "Joe; if my wife asks where I am, tell her that I've gone to Tahiti. To paint."

• (Oscar Levant) "I can stand anything but failure."

Jack Buchanan as Jeffrey Cordova

• (Jack Buchanan) "Exploiter of children. Purveyor of evil."

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