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Ragtime

	Ragtime
	by Paramount Sales Rank: 15597 Price: $9.98

Based on the popular novel by E.L. Doctorow, RAGTIME tells the story of four New York families at the turn of the 20th century. Starving immigrant artist, Tateh sets off to make his fortune in Hollywood, but along the way encounters showgirl Evelyn Nesbit who is at the center of a murder investigation. Meanwhile, an upper-class family finds their seemingly perfect existence ruined when black pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. begins to romance a pregnant girl living in their home. *Viewer Reviews* I very much liked the E.L. Doctorow novel and this movie over 25 years ago. Seeing the movie again, I enjoyed it just as much. Several reviewers have commented on the McGovern nude scene, as if that was the core of the film, but it isn't. Nor was it deleted from the DVD I received trom Amazon. There are two connected stories here, somewhat ragged as the music for which this was named. First, there is the story of Evelyn Nesbit and the murder of Stanford White--which actually happened, pretty much as the film shows. Then there is the fictional story of Coalhouse Walker, a black piano player who only wants respect and justice. The connecting link is a young man who becomes enamored of Newbit, then takes up the cause of Walker. The acting is very good throughout. The atmosphere of the Edwardian Age in New York feels right. There are wonderful side stories, such as the Jewish silhouette artist in the Lower East Side ghetto who becomes a "count" and a silent film director with Nesbit as his star. As an aside, she did make several such films in real life. This is a movie worth seeing, if for the beautiful Elizabeth McGovern alone and her very natural and au natural acting. She plays the dim bulb Nesbit perfectly, far better than Nesbit was portrayed by Joan Collins in "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing." Back To Top
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