Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.
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The people behind it
Bobby Short
Narrator
Richard Adler
Self
Kitty Carlisle
Saul Chaplin
Cyd Charisse
Alfred Drake
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Michael Feinstein
Ted Fetter
Brendan Gill
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