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Today's post is about the award winning Broadway musical Newsies. Newsies is based on the true story of the Newsboys Strike of 1899 which pitted 5000 young boys against the might of the Hearst/Pulizter publishing empires. This strike changed child labour laws.

The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #67/250: Seize the Day from the Original Cast Recording for the Musical Newsies https://tommacinneswriter.com/2024/06/20/the-stars-of-stage-and-screensong-67-250-seize-the-day-from-the-original-cast-recording-for-the-musical-newsies/ #Broadway, #JosephPulitzer, #Newsies, #StarsOfStageAndScreen, #TradeUnions, #WilliamRandolphHearst

The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #67/250: Seize the Day from the Original Cast Recording for the Musical Newsies

I have always been a history buff. As much as I love a good story in general, I find that there are more than enough real life tales to be told that are just as captivating, if not more so. Broadwa…

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You can say a lot about #WilliamRandolphHearst but at least he seems to have managed to find his #Rosebud which is a task that has historically eluded many men.

#CitizenKane #OrsonWelles #movies #MarionDavies #FilmHistory

#quartopotere di #orsonwelles Ispirato alla vita al magnate dell’informazione #WilliamRandolphHearst – e nonostante l’età – “Quarto potere” è un film che va visto e rivisto periodicamente. L’ascesa e la caduta politica e sociale di #CharlesFosterKane sono fra le migliori fotografie del secolo breve. E come capita spesso per i capolavori che anticipano i tempi, la pellicola d’esordio di Orson Welles fu un clamoroso flop al botteghino...
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“Quarto potere” di Orson Welles | Valerio Tagliaferri

#OnThisDayInHistory, #WilliamRandolphHearst forbids any of his newspapers to run ads for "Citizen Kane" in 1941. People hear about it anyway. Also? "It's Terrific!" is the best movie tag line EVER.

"Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster."

#WilliamRandolphHearst, 1932

Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper

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"News is what people don't want you to print. Everything thing else is ads."

#WilliamRandolphHearst

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