Ragtime film review blends offbeat style with wit and morality
Milos Forman's Ragtime alters the novel with deletions and POV shifts yet preserves the era's mood and social questions. The ensemble, led by Elizabeth McGovern and Mary Steenburgen, crafts a patient, ambitious tale set in New Rochelle as Coalhouse Walker Jr. seeks justice and Evelyn Nesbit drives a scandal.
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E.L. Doctorow
Milos Forman
New Rochelle
Mary Steenburgen
Howard E. Rollins
Coalhouse Walker Jr
Brad Dourif
Evelyn Nesbit
Walker
Rheinlander
Waldo
James Cagney
Evelyn
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Elizabeth McGovern
Father
James Olson
Coalhouse
Cannery Row movie review notes strong cast and drifting narration
The review praises Nick Nolte Debra Winger and supporting cast while noting John Huston’s narration of Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. It describes a series of vignettes set near a waterfront cannery town with Doc Suzy and the band led by Mack. The film’s stylized visuals and mild PG rating are highlighted.
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Cannery Row
Nick Nolte
Debra Winger
Michael Phillips
MGM
United Artists
Stage 3
John Huston
John Steinbeck
Mack
M. Emmet Walsh
Hazel
Frank McRae
Doc
Sven Nykvist
Night of 100 Stars Gala Salutes Actors’ Fund
A fund raising gala at Radio City Music Hall drew nearly 200 celebrities including James Cagney Jane Russell Al Pacino Richard Kiley Sammy Davis Jr Ethel Merman Lillian Gish Grace Kelly Elizabeth Taylor Jane Fonda and James Stewart. The event featured premium seats at 50 to 1000 dollars a ticket and pre show dinners with Ronald Reagan to receive a special medal of achievement while Jane Wyman was slated to perform.
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New York
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Big Apple
Actors’ Fund of America
Radio City Music Hall
Midtown Manhattan
James Cagney
Jane Russell
50Th Street
Avenue of the Americas
Cagney
al Pacino
Paul Simon
Miss Russell
Palace Hotel
Richard Kiley
Sammy Davis Jr
Sandy Duncan
Ruth Gordon
John Forsythe
Ethel Merman
Lillian Gish
Mary Martin
Cher
New York Yankees
Rick Cerone
Robert de Niro
Burt Lancaster
Gregory Peck
Princess Grace
Elizabeth Taylor
Jason Robards Jr
Mary Tyler Moore
Miss Piggy
Jane Fonda
James Stewart
Ronald Reagan
Actors’ Fund
William Howard Taft
Jane Wyman
Movie Listings Across Theaters
Theater times from multiple Iowa venues include True Confessions at Plaza and On Golden Pond at Plaza plus several stage showings. Other venues show The French Lieutenant's Woman and Heartland, Cannery Row, Modern Problems, Dial M for Murder, Night Crossing, Arthur, The Border, Ragtime, Taps, The Madcap Adventures of Mr Toad, Cinderella, and Ella at various times.
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Golden Pond
Westdale Mall
Taps
Garden
Marion
Mr. Toad
ODEUM
Mount Vernon
Cinderella
Cannery Row
Eastown
Dial M
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