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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster
Directed by
Rick McKay
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Legendary actors from the 1940s and 1950s share personal stories about working on Broadway during its golden age. The film includes rare performance footage and never-before-seen home movies and photos.

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What happens

Broadway: The Golden Age is a 2003 documentary film by Rick McKay, telling the story of the "golden age" of Broadway by the oral history of the legendary actors of the 1940s and 1950s, incorporating rare lost footage of actual performances and never-before-seen personal home movies and photos. This was the final film Sally Ann Howes starred in before her death in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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