Ragtime (1981)

Directors

Miloš Forman

Cast

James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Pat O'Brien

The story

At the start of the 20th century, architect Stanford White unveils a nude statue atop Madison Square Garden, modeled after former chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit. After learning of this, Nesbit's husband, millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw, becomes convinced White has corrupted her and publicly shoots him dead. An upper-class family resides in New Rochelle, New York, where the father owns a factory and his wife's younger brother makes fireworks.

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