From the late 1920s to late 1950s; the Broadway theatre was Americas cultural epicenter. Television didnt exist and movies were novelties. Entertainment took the form of literature; music; and theatre. During this golden age of Broadway; actors and actresses became legends and starred in now classic plays. Laurence Olivier; Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontaine were names to remember; etching plays into memory as they brought the words of Tennessee Williams or Eugene ONeill to life. Joseph Cotton romanced Katherine Hepburn in Philip Barrys The Philadelphia Story while Laurette Taylor became The Glass Menageries Amanda Wingfield. Frederic March; Florence Eldridge; Jason Robards Jr. and Bradford Dillman showed us life among the ruins in Long Days Journey Into Night. In All That Glittered; Ethan Mordden; long one of Broadways best chroniclers; recreates the fascinating lost world of its golden age.
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