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| 00:14:26 754.12 |
:00 nice montage of elevated subway train leaving from 52nd street and traveling down to 14th st.
subway stops supperimposed over shots of train as it passes various NYC subway stops ends on a nice establishing shot of ethnic 14th street |
| 00:25:10 1398.12 |
nice montage of swing phonograph record spinning on turntable with montage of 52nd street on top of it. Newspaper headline :
SPEAKEASY'S INVADE 52nd STREET |
| 00:44:34 2562.12 |
montage falling money PROHIBITION REPEALED headline money falling money changing hands montage shows circa 1936 post depression prosperity economic recovery from the wall street crash and depression
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| 00:44:54 2583.12 |
52nd street montage nightclubs
A MUSICAL TELLING OF THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE NEW YORK STREET (52ND ST.), FROM A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO A WILD RED-LIGHT DISTRICT FILLED WITH NIGHTCLUBS. TAKING PLACE IN THE YEARS FROM 1912 TO 1937, THE STORY ALSO CONCERNS THE SOAP OPERA SAGA OF A BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS WHO LIVE ON THE STREET. THE BROTHER DOESN'T TALK TO HIS SISTERS FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE THE BROTHER MARRIED AN ACTRESS AND IN 1912 HIGH SOCIETY LOOKED DOWN UPON STAGE PERFORMERS. SONGS: I STILL LOVE TO KISS YOU GOODNIGHT - NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW - I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MO' OF SAMOA - DON'T SAVE YOUR LOVE FOR A RAINY DAY - 52ND STREET - 23 SKIDDOO - LET DOWN YOUR HAIR AND SING - WE LOVE THE SOUTH MUSICAL DRAMA. |
