Who was the director of the 1953 musical comedy for which the song "That's Entertainment!" was written?
Vincente Minnelli
That's Entertainment! (song)
"That's Entertainment!"
 is a popular song with music written by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz.
 The song was published in 1952 and was written especially for the 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film "The Band Wagon".
 The song is performed in the film by Jack Buchanan supported by Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, and Oscar Levant.
 In 2004 the song finished at #45 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon is a 1953 musical comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.
  Fred Astaire was contemplating retirement just like his character.
 It tells the story of an aging musical star who hopes a Broadway show will restart his career.
 However, the play's director wants to make it a pretentious retelling of "Faust", and brings in a prima ballerina who clashes with the star.
 Along with "Singin' in the Rain", it is regarded as one of the finest of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals, although it was only a modest box-office success on first release.
The Girl Next Door (1953 film)
The Girl Next Door is a 1953 musical comedy film directed by Richard Sale, released by 20th Century Fox, and starring June Haver, Dan Dailey, and Dennis Day. Secret Love (Doris Day song)
"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) for "Calamity Jane", a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role.
 Ranked as a #1 hit for Day on both the "Billboard" and "Cash Box", the song also afforded Day a #1 hit in the United States.
 "Secret Love" has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists, becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender, with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart, whose version also reached the Top 40 as did Freddy Fender's.
 In the U.K., "Secret Love" would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song.
 The melody is based on the opening theme of Schubert's A-major piano sonata, D.664. Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein.
 The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village.
 It is based on Fields and Chodorov's 1940 play "My Sister Eileen", which in turn originated from autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney first published in "The New Yorker" in the late 1930s and later published in book form as "My Sister Eileen".
 Only the last two stories in McKenney's book were used, and they were heavily modified. Give a Girl a Break
Give a Girl a Break is a 1953 musical comedy film directed by Stanley Donen, starring Debbie Reynolds and the dance team of Marge and Gower Champion.
 A young Bob Fosse has a featured role. Baubles, Bangles, &amp; Beads
"Baubles, Bangles & Beads" is a popular song from the 1953 musical "Kismet", credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest.
 Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on works by Alexander Borodin, in this case the second theme of the second movement of his "String Quartet in D."
 The "Kismet" setting maintains the original's 3/4 waltz rhythm; pop music settings change the rhythm to a moderate four-beat accompaniment.
 Jazz musicians are especially drawn to the song's beguiling melody and advanced harmonic structure.
 The familiar AA'BA+Coda structure of the song is energized by a key change up a major third interval for every section; the transition is marked by a bracing harmonic progression from the central major key of one section to the tritone minor key of the following section.
 Jazz players and singers have enjoyed the musical challenges of this song for decades. Down Among the Sheltering Palms (film)
Down Among the Sheltering Palms is a 1953 musical comedy starring Mitzi Gaynor, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, David Wayne and Jane Greer. C'est Magnifique
"C'est Magnifique" ("It's Magnificent") is a 1953 popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1953 musical "Can-Can," where it was introduced by Lilo and Peter Cookson.
 The song become a standard, despite weak performance in the 1953 charts.The only version to chart was by Gordon MacRae which reached No. 29 for one week. It's All Right with Me
"It's All Right With Me" is a popular song written by Cole Porter, for his 1953 musical "Can-Can", where it was introduced by Peter Cookson as the character Judge Aristide Forestier.