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John Breen and City Vision Collide in Gotham Drama
In New York Johnny Breen, 16, survivor of a shipboard explosion, rises from Bowery poverty to boxing circles and college plans under mentor figures. A wide cast including Almon Strauss and Josephine Lambert confront civic reform dreams, urban planning, and personal loyalties as the city, decked with memory and peril, presses toward a grand, uncertain future.
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van Horns
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