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hyped garbage

good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely Fantastic

I enjoyed and appreciated this film immensely. I learned a lot about Broadway actors and actress' that I never knew about. This is a wonderful documentary that I didn't want to end. Being able to see footage of shows that were before my time was great. Hearing some of the backstage stories from the performers especially there excitement about coming to NY and the struggles to get there first jobs was so sweet and endearing. Many of them are no longer with us today and unfortunately Jerry Orbach has recently joined the list. This is a precious piece of American theater history that the producers of this film totally understand and cherish. I thank them for sharing this with all of us.

The idea of making a film to document the history of Broadway's golden age is a great one. An idea that deserves a great creative approach that could yield an invaluable and entertaining work.This isn't it.There's no denying that an impressive list of talents tell some interesting stories in this piece, but there's no avoiding the blatantly amateurish work that has gone into creating it.Some reviewers have been so blinded by the array of stars and their stories to have missed the fact that this film is so poorly structured that it really isn't a film. It's just a very self-indulgent assemblage of rambling talking heads that rarely gets itself together enough to tell a real story. There are hardly any actual clips of real Broadway performers or performances (most of what's there is cribbed from movie trailers or sneakily used clips from public domain films), and major contributors to the story of Broadway's golden age are never even mentioned.The kiss of death is the filmmaker singing GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY over the end titles.UGGH!

Fascinating documentary with the actors and actresses of Broadway's "Golden Age" (late 1940s-late 1960s) talking about their experiences on stage, who influenced them, how they got into the business etc etc. What's truly incredible is when they compare and contrast how Broadway was back then and how it is now. They were a close-knit family back then; they didn't need mikes to project their voices throughout the theatre; the incredibly low ticket prices back then as compared to now...The picture isn't perfect...it's not done chronologically and there's no historical or sociological perspective. Still there's rare live footage of some of the Broadway shows and all the stories are just incredible. It makes one feel sad to realize we'll never see a world like that again. Everybody is good but Elaine Stritch is an absolute howl! A must see for all Broadway fans. A 10 all the way.

I saw this film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. We were the first audience to see the finished film on 35 mm in a theatre and the excitement was palpable. The fimmaker, Rick McKay, introduced the film and brought Eva Marie Saint (who won the Oscar for "on the Waterfront" with Brando) on stage with him afterwards for a question and answer session. I don't know when I have had a more exciting night in a movie theater. The film was brilliant and the filmmaker was wonderful in the film as he took us on a journey, but just as passionate and funny in person as he and Miss Saint warmly answered questions afterwards.The film is something very, very special. I don't honestly think a studio could have ever made this film - or a network either. It is such a personal, passionate and magical film. It is a mixture of more stars than I have *ever* seen in a movie - all telling their own personal stories of starving and starting out in New York - and old archival footage of perfomrances that have never been seen before. Not movie clips - but real, live perforances. It was staggering. It is about a time that is so cmpletely gone, but oddly enough, it was not sad, but very inspiring. It made me believe that if this kind of history could have been made in this century, and if this kind of movie can be made today, then anything is possible. what a wonderful feeling...The night I saw it there were people sitting on the floor in the aisles and standing room only in the back of the theater with people looking over each others shoulders. And nobody complained and nobody left. People did cry and they did laugh and they did applaud over and over during the movie though. When was the last time (if ever) that you saw that happen?We may have been the first audience to see this movie but we won't be the last. This movie is going to win an Oscar. Mark my words.