Son of the prominent Hollywood producer, Arthur Hornblow Jr., Michael Hornblow returns to introduce another film for Classic Movie Night. This time it’s not one of his father’s films, although his father did produce the classic musical "Oklahoma!" Rather, it is to talk about what a producer does in taking a film from an idea or item on a studio production schedule to a finished film – stars in place, director’s credit on the screen, with all the other craftsmen who work behind the scenes. What he does to pull everything together and give the world a classic musical … or comedy … or drama … or mystery … or ….

Following "An American in Paris" in 1951, which won the Oscar for Best Picture that year, and "Singin’ in the Rain" in 1952, which many consider the best movie musical ever made, "The Band Wagon" (1953) has more than its share of fans … and votes for best movie musical. And no wonder! It starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, with Nanette Fabray and Oscar Levant, was directed by Vincente Minelli, and won three Oscars – for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (by the incomparable Betty Comden and Adolph Green), for Best Costume Design, Color, and for Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture.

It, also, has such songs as "That’s Entertainment," "Dancing in the Dark," and Astaire’s memorable number in a Broadway arcade, "Got a Shine on Your Shoes." The film opens, in fact, with Fred Astaire strolling alongside the train that has just brought him to New York -- a number featured in the film showcasing the great M-G-M musicals "That’s Entertainment" – singing "I’ll Go My Way By Myself."

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