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{{Infobox film
|  name = Alexander's Ragtime Band|
  image = Alexandersragtimeband1938.jpg|
image_size =|
  caption = Theatrical release poster|
  director = [[Henry King (director)|]]|
  writer = [[Irving Berlin]]<br> |
  starring = [[Tyrone Power]]<br>[[Alice Faye]]<br>[[Don Ameche]]<br>[[Ethel Merman]] |
  producer = [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] |
  distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] |

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{{Infobox film
| name = Alexander's Ragtime Band|
 image = Alexandersragtimeband1938.jpg|
image_size =|
 caption = Theatrical release poster|
 director = [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]|
 writer = [[Irving Berlin]] <<link:0>> |
 starring = [[Tyrone Power]] [[Alice Faye]] [[Don Ameche]] [[Ethel Merman]] |
 producer = [[Darryl F. Zanuck]] |
 distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] |
 cinematography =[[J. Peverell Marley]] |
 editing = [[Barbara McLean]] |
 music = [[Irving Berlin]] [[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]]|
 released = {{start date|1938|08|16}}|
 runtime = 106 minutes |
 country = United States |
 language = English |
 budget = $1,200,000–$2,275,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)&nbsp;– Notes |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/66978/Alexander-s-Ragtime-Band/notes.html |accessdate=January 7, 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64ecN36pS |archivedate=January 13, 2012}}</ref> |
 gross = $3.6 million ([[gross rental]])<ref>{{cite |last=Block |first=Hayley Taylor |editor1-last=Block|editor1-first=Alex Ben|editor2-last=Wilson|editor2-first=Lucy Autrey|year=2010|title=George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=9780061778896 |page=[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC&pg=PA213&q=%22worldwide+rentals%22 213]}}</ref>
}}
'''''Alexander's Ragtime Band''''' (1938) is a film released by [[Twentieth Century Fox]] that takes its name from the 1911 [[Irving Berlin]] (1888-1989) song "[[Alexander's Ragtime Band]]" to tell a story of a society boy who scandalizes his family by pursuing a career in [[Ragtime]] instead of in "serious" music. The film generally traces the history of [[Jazz]] music from the popularization of Ragtime in the early years of the 20th century to the acceptance of [[Swing_music|Swing]] as an art form in the late 1930s using music composed by Berlin. The story spans more than two decades from the 1911 release of its name-sake song to some point in time after the 1933 release of "[[Heat Wave (song)|Heat Wave]]," presumably 1938. It stars [[Tyrone Power]], [[Alice Faye]], [[Don Ameche]], [[Ethel Merman]], [[Jack Haley]], and [[Jean Hersholt]]. Several actual events in the history of Jazz music are fictionalized and adapted to the story including the tour of Europe by [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]], the global spread of Jazz by U.S. soldiers during [[World War I]], and the 1938 [[Carnegie Hall]] performance by The [[Benny Goodman]] Orchestra.

The story was written by Berlin himself, with [[Kathryn Scola]] (1891-1982), Richard Sherman (1905-1962), and [[Lamar Trotti]] (1900-1952). It was directed by [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]] (1886-1982).

==Cast==
{{div col}}
*[[Tyrone Power]]&nbsp;— Alexander
*[[Alice Faye]]&nbsp;— Stella Kirby
*[[Don Ameche]]&nbsp;— Charlie Dwyer
*[[Ethel Merman]]&nbsp;— Jerry Allen
*[[Jack Haley]]&nbsp;— Davey Lane
*[[Jean Hersholt]]&nbsp;— Professor Heinrich
*[[Helen Westley]]&nbsp;— Aunt Sophie
*[[John Carradine]]&nbsp;— Taxi Driver
*[[Paul Hurst (actor)|Paul Hurst]]&nbsp;— Bill
*[[Wally Vernon]]&nbsp;— Himself
*Ruth Terry&nbsp;— Ruby
*[[Douglas Fowley]]&nbsp;— Snapper
{{div col end}}

==Songs==
''Alexander's Ragtime Band'' features several hit songs by [[Irving Berlin]] including "[[Heat Wave (song)|Heat Wave]]", "[[Some Sunny Day (song)|Some Sunny Day]]", "[[Blue Skies (song)|Blue Skies]]", "[[Easter Parade (song)|Easter Parade]]", "[[A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody]]", and, of course, "[[Alexander's Ragtime Band]]". Previously-released songs were re-arranged and used in conjunction with new songs written by Berlin for the film.

==Reception==
[[Image:Alexanders ragtime band3.jpg|thumb|From l-r, [[Jack Haley]], [[Alice Faye]], [[Don Ameche]], [[Tyrone Power]]]]
The film had its [[New York City|New York]] premiere at the [[Roxy Theatre (New York City)|Roxy Theatre]] on August 5, 1938, with [[Cuba]]n bandleader [[Desi Arnaz]] heading the stage show.<ref name="Movie Time">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Gene |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |editor1-first= |editor1-last= |editor1-link= |others= |title=Movie Time: A Chronology of Hollywood and the Movie Industry from Its Beginnings to the Present |trans_title= |url= |format=paperback |accessdate= |edition= |series= |volume= |date= |year=1995 |month= |origyear= |publisher=MacMillan |location=New York |language= |isbn=0-02-860429-6 |oclc= |doi= |id= |page=141-2}}</ref>

[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]] won an [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Music, Scoring]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/83372/Alexander-s-Ragtime-Band/details |title=NY Times: Alexander's Ragtime Band |accessdate=2008-12-10|work=NY Times}}</ref> The film was also nominated for:
*[[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
*[[Academy Award for Best Story|Story]] - Irving Berlin
*[[Academy Award for Best Song|Song]] - Irving Berlin for "Now It Can Be Told"
*[[Academy Award for Best Art Direction|Art Direction]] - [[Bernard Herzbrun]] and [[Boris Leven]]
*[[Academy Award for Film Editing|Film Editing]] - Barbara McLean

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat}}
* {{Amg movie|83372|Alexander's Ragtime Band}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=66978|title=Alexander's Ragtime Band}}
*{{Imdb title|id=0029852|title=Alexander's Ragtime Band}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander's Ragtime Band (Film)}}
[[Category:1930s romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:1930s musical films]]
[[Category:1938 films]]
[[Category:20th Century Fox films]]
[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Henry King]]
[[Category:American romantic comedy films]]

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