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

1h 51min

Music

Documentary

History

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.

Production Companies

First Act Films

Second Act Productions

Cast

Barbara Bel Geddes

Barbara Bel Geddes

Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage)
Richard Burton

Richard Burton

Self (archive footage)
Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse

Self (archive footage)
Carol Haney

Carol Haney

Self (archive footage)
Walter Kerr

Walter Kerr

Self (archive footage)
Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner

Self (archive footage)
Frederick Loewe

Frederick Loewe

Self (archive footage)
Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Self (archive footage)
Geraldine Page

Geraldine Page

Self (archive footage)
Kim Stanley

Kim Stanley

Self (archive footage)
Laurette Taylor

Laurette Taylor

Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

Self (archive footage)
Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell

Self (archive footage)

Release date

3rd Apr 2003

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English