A failed effort to revive the big - budget movie musical, Newsies attempted to create toe - tapping, song - and - dance excitement out of the true story of an 1899 strike by newspaper boys against publishing magnate Joseph Pulitzer. (rottentomatoes.com)
Summary Capsule: Newspaper boys sing and dance their way past greedy media moguls and strike - busting thugs. (mutantreviewers.wordpress.com)
20 cm x 25 cm # 2: Newspaper boys cool off in the Jacob H. Schiff Fountain in Rutgers Square New York City, April 1916. (barnebys.com)