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THE FIRST NIGHTER
FN-1 3 4in
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Interview
Color 1930s - 1970s Opening from The First Nighter Theater marquees Color 1930s - 1970s Sandy Duncan - location shot: Dressing room, Peter Pan, Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York City Color 1981 Sammy Cahn - Studio shot, performing excerpts from his Broadway show, Words & Music Color 1938 Maxine Marx (daughter of Chico) and The Marx Brothers performance footage from their movie, The Big Store, circa 1938 Color 1978 Eartha Kitt - Location shot and excerpted from half hour profile Circa 1978 Kitt starring in Timbuktu at Mark Hellinger Theater, New York City Color 1930s - 1970s Chico Hamilton - First black jazz drummer admitted to USSR
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