Overview
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).
Director and cast
- Jason Robards as Self / Narrator
- Adora Andrews as Grandma Middleton (archive footage)
- Ruth Lee as Mom Middleton (archive footage)
- Marjorie Lord as Babs Middleton (archive footage)
- Jimmy Lydon as Bud Middleton (archive footage)
- Ray Middleton as Self - Vocalist (archive footage)
- Harry Shannon as Pop Middleton (archive footage)
- Douglas Stark as Jim Treadway (archive footage)
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Comments
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