![]() ![]() He assumes that they will eventually marry and plans to introduce her to his family. She begins an affair with him as she begins to plan her return to the stage. Evelyn, who has become fond of the little girl, is troubled by their disappearance, but distracted when Younger Brother declares his love to her. He takes their daughter and leaves New York, taking with him the flip book he has invented, which he begins to sell successfully. ![]() Passing through the tenements of the Lower East Side, Evelyn encounters a street artist known as Tateh ( Mandy Patinkin) and witnesses him throw his wife ( Fran Drescher) out of their home after learning of her infidelity. Thaw's lawyer, Delphin ( Pat O'Brien), bribes Evelyn with a million-dollar divorce settlement (which she accepts) to keep silent about Thaw's mental instability at his trial and to testify that White had abused her. Younger Brother witnesses White's murder and becomes obsessed with Evelyn, leaving home for long periods of time to follow her throughout the city. Realizing that he is the baby's father, he announces to a skeptical Father that he intends to marry Sarah. Some time later, Coalhouse Walker arrives at the house in search of Sarah, driving a new model T Ford and acting in a brash manner unlike the subservient attitude expected of the African American community at the time. When she learns that the police intend to charge Sarah with child abandonment and attempted murder, Mother ( Mary Steenburgen) intervenes and takes Sarah and her child into the home, despite Father's objections. The child's mother, an unmarried washerwoman named Sarah ( Debbie Allen), is discovered, and brought to their home. Their passive, sheltered existence is disturbed when an abandoned African American baby is found in their garden. ![]() The family's Father ( James Olson) owns a factory, where his wife's Younger Brother ( Brad Dourif) is employed as a fireworks maker. Meanwhile, an unnamed upper class family resides in a comfortable suburban home in New Rochelle. Thaw becomes convinced White has corrupted Evelyn and humiliated him, and publicly shoots White, killing him. The model for the statue is Evelyn Nesbit ( Elizabeth McGovern), a former chorus girl who is now Thaw's wife. The millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw ( Robert Joy), who makes a scene when White's latest creation, a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is unveiled. The newsreel is accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. Rollins Jr.The film begins with a newsreel montage, depicting celebrities of the turn of the 20th century such as Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt and the architect Stanford White ( Norman Mailer), as well as life in New York City. Rollins Jr., who debuted with Ragtime, and Best Original Music and Best Original Song for the work of composer Randy Newman.ĭirector Milos Forman cast James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. The film earned 8 Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Howard E. Doctorow, tells of class struggle, social change and the gap between rich and poor.Īlthough Robert Altman (Nashville, The Long Goodbye) was originally selected to direct the film, it was two-time Oscar winner Milos Forman who took his place after a disagreement between Altman and producer Dino De Laurentiis.Īn unexpected appearance by the already retired 81-year-old James Cagney helped the film gain even more recognition, the role being his very last in a feature film. This iconic, quintessentially American classic, based on the historical bestseller of the same name by E.L. Simultaneously, Younger Brother, the brother of Mother, begins a romantic affair with Evelyn, leading to an entanglement of both situations. Mother from a family in New Rochelle takes in Coalhouse's girlfriend and their newborn child, but Father intends to hand the child over to the police to use as a bargaining chip against the urban terrorism that Coalhouse is causing as a protest. Coalhouse is seeking justice by any means necessary, legal or not. is a prosperous black ragtime pianist, but his success is not appreciated by everyone, which leads to a lot of racist harassment by the mainly white population. Thaw for the alleged affair with his wife Evelyn. Architect Stanford White is shot by millionaire Harry K.
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