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The World of Tomorrow

5.519841h 23mNRMovieDocumentary

Documentary featuring original materials from the 1939 New York World's Fair. Includes film images of Jason Robards Jr. as a child at the World's Fair and clips from the promotional film "The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair" (1939).

DirectorsLance Bird·Tom Johnson
WriterJohn Crowley
ProducersTom Johnson·Lance Bird

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Cast · Directed by Lance Bird

JRJason Robards
Jason Robards
Self / Narrator
AA
Adora Andrews
Grandma Middleton (archive footage)
RLRuth Lee
Ruth Lee
Mom Middleton (archive footage)
ML
Marjorie Lord
Babs Middleton (archive footage)
JLJimmy Lydon
Jimmy Lydon
Bud Middleton (archive footage)
RMRay Middleton
Ray Middleton
Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
HSHarry Shannon
Harry Shannon
Pop Middleton (archive footage)
DS
Douglas Stark
Jim Treadway (archive footage)

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