Alexander's Ragtime Band
Alexander's Ragtime Band

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Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with his singer Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend Charlie. Roger comes home after the war and an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle toget... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Alexander's Ragtime Band:

Tyrone Power
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Ethel Merman
Jack Haley
Jean Hersholt

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Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with his singer Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend Charlie. Roger comes home after the war and an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.

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Variety - 7/10 by Variety StaffIrving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band is a grand filmusical which stirs and thrills, a medley of more than 30 pieces, selected from some 600 which Berlin has composed.
Apollo Guide - 6/10 by J. Alan SpeerEasily a tune every few minutes, all reliably executed, but the film's insistence on musical comprehensiveness leaves room only for the barest of character development.
User Review - 10/10 by Steven Rthis might be Tyrone's best picture... he's the hottest here... great songs... great costumes...
User Review - 10/10 by Corey Hthis might be Tyrone's best picture... he's the hottest here... great songs... great costumes...
User Review - 8/10 by Logan MExemplary Fox musical spans thirty years (and the stars never age!) and just about as many Irving Berlin tunes ("Now It Can Be Told" was nominated for an Oscar).
User Review - 8/10 by Garrett CExemplary Fox musical spans thirty years (and the stars never age!) and just about as many Irving Berlin tunes ("Now It Can Be Told" was nominated for an Oscar).
User Review - 8/10 by William D"Alexander's Ragtime Band" was another Best Picture nominee in 1938. It was a showcase for Irving Berlin's music, which was such a sensation at the time. But it was more than that. Directed with effortless ease by Henry King and edited superbly, the film is a delight from start to finish. Its heartfelt love story is brought to life exuberantly by Alice Faye and Tyrone Power, neither of whom ever received Oscar nominations despite having been major stars for decades. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but this is my first time seeing Faye and Power. I can now confidently say that Faye deserves to be better known among cinephiles today. The fact that she didn't receive an Oscar nomination for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" strikes me as a classic case of the Academy's unfair privileging of drama over musicals and comedies. Faye here has to pull off a lot more than musical comedy. She has to convey heartbreak through many scenes in the second half of the film, and she does so in a deeply convincing way. Also noteworthy is co-star Don Ameche, who has almost as much screen time here as Power. He does a great job in the role of Power's sidekick. (Ameche, incidentally, received his one and only Oscar when he was an old man, winning Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for the film "Cocoon.") "Ragtime Band" is not much more than melodrama, however, and ultimately is rather superficial. But it delivers its message winningly and with a lot more cinematic skill and aplomb than any of the other Best Picture nominees I've seen thus far in my study of 1938. Next up on my list: "Boys Town," starring Spencer Tracy in a performance that won him the Best Actor Oscar that year, and "Pygmalion," with Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller, both of whom were nominated for Oscars that year.
User Review - 6/10 by Amanda DA fun film but a little inconsistent. There were some truly memorable films in the thirties and ones that get steady airplay. I found this one hard to find and after seeing it, I kind of understand why.
User Review - 6/10 by Greg WDelightful love story backed up by some of the best music of the time.
User Review - 6/10 by Elisabeth GFelt more like an Irving Berling favorite hits collection than a movie. Kind of forgettable. It was great to see John Carradine in this.

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