Storyline
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
Released
6/26/1989
Runtime
1h 28min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
American Masters Pictures, 1515 Productions Limited
Cast
Joanne Woodward
Host
Stella Adler
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Margaret Barker
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Ellen Burstyn
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Phoebe Brand
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Kate Burton
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Morris Carnovsky
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Harold Clurman
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Cheryl Crawford
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John Garfield
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Paul Newman
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Sanford Meisner
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Lee Strasberg
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Sylvia Sidney
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Shelley Winters
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Michael Gordon
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Pia Kazan
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Katharine Hepburn
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Robert Lewis
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Dylan McDermott
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James Naughton
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Ruth Nelson
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Martin Ritt
Directing
Maria Tucci
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Sidney Kingsley
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Margaret Klenck
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Michael O'Flaherty
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Joan Crawford
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Barbara Stanwyck
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Franchot Tone
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Marlon Brando
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Walter Matthau
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Gregory Peck
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Mary Steenburgen
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Warren Beatty
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Faye Dunaway
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Shelley Winters
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James Coburn
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Henry Winkler
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Julie Harris
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Sydney Pollack
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Peter Bogdanovich
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Maureen Stapleton
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Meryl Streep
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Ellen Burstyn
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Roddy McDowall
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Sally Field
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Jennifer Grey
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