A rare kinescope of a complete TV performance of Wonderful Town, originally broadcast live by CBS on November 30, 1958. Rosalind Russell stars as Ruth Sherwood, the role she created in the 1953 Broadway production. The cast also includes Jackie McKeever as Eileen Sherwood and Sydney Chaplin as Bob Baker. The music is by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics are by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The production was directed by Mel Ferber and Herbert Ross and choreographed by Ralph Beaumont:
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