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Roseland is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Ivory released in USA on 2 october 1977 with Teresa Wright
Roseland (1977)
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Add to a movie listRoseland is a 1977 Merchant Ivory Productions' anthology film with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It was directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant.
The film is made up of three connected short features, The Waltz, The Hustle and The Peabody. All three stories share a theme of the protagonists trying to find the right dance partner, and all are set in the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.
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At Roseland, an older lady, May (Wright), with a light step, looks for the memory of her husband in the ballroom's mirrors. Stan (Jacobi), a cheerful older man steers May to brandy alexanders and away from her past.Actors
Teresa Wright
(May)
Geraldine Chaplin
(Marilyn)
Lou Jacobi
(Stan)
Conrad Janis
(George)
Joan Copeland
(Pauline)
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