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Cradle Will Rock is a 1999 American historical drama film written, produced and directed by Tim Robbins.The story fictionalizes the true events that surrounded the development of the 1937 musical The Cradle Will Rock by Marc Blitzstein; it adapts history to create an account of the original production, bringing in other stories of the time to produce a social commentary on the role of art and ...
Jan 21, 2000 · A film by Tim Robbins based on a true story of a leftist musical drama and its struggle against censorship and repression in the U.S. during the Great Depression. It features Orson Welles, Diego Rivera, Nelson Rockefeller and other historical figures in a web of intrigue and conflict.
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Learn about The Cradle Will Rock, a 1937 musical by Marc Blitzstein that depicts a union struggle in Steeltown, USA. Discover how it was shut down by the Federal Theater Project, but still opened to a crowd of fans.
on YouTube. " And the Cradle Will Rock... " is a song written and performed by Van Halen. It appears on their 1980 album Women and Children First and was released as a single. It is also the first song released by the band that featured the keyboard playing of Eddie Van Halen .
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Dec 24, 1999 · A historical drama about the production of a class-conscious musical in the 1930s, and the clash between art and politics in America. The film features real and fictional characters, such as Orson Welles, Nelson Rockefeller, Diego Rivera, and John Houseman, and intercuts their stories with the opening night of \"Cradle Will Rock\".
Cradle Will Rock. Rent Cradle Will Rock on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. Witty and provocative. As labor strikes break out throughout the country, New ...
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The first track and only single released from Van Halen's third album Women And Children First, "And The Cradle Will Rock" tells a vague story about a recalcitrant youth who upsets his parents and the elders in town with his penchant for rock and roll, which they all know isn't a real job. The title is a loose play on the nursery rhyme ...
