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Charing Cross Road (1935)

Charing Cross Road poster
Directed by
Albert de Courville
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the lives of people living in theatrical boarding houses on a famous London street. A romance develops between a singer and a performer amid the bustling theater district.

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What happens

Charing Cross Road is a 1935 British musical romance film directed by Albert de Courville and starring John Mills, June Clyde, Derek Oldham and Belle Baker. It was written by Clifford Grey and Con West, based on the 1934 radio play by Gladys Keyes and Clay Keyes. The film takes its title from the Charing Cross Road that runs through Central London, and its plot concerns the denizens of its theatrical boarding houses. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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