The Purple Rose of Cairo
Set in 1930s New Jersey, movie character Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into the real world.
6 May 1906, Marblehead, Ohio, USA
13 March 1955, New London, Connecticut, USA
2 June 1926, Dublin, Irish Free State [now Ireland]
13 October 1945, New York City, New York, USA
19 February 1955, Athens, Georgia, USA
5 July 1930, Derbyshire, England, UK
3 March 1931, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
26 July 1940, Staten Island, New York, USA
15 May 1917, Alliance, Ohio, USA
16 July 1950, The Bronx, New York, USA
15 February 1914, Manhattan, New York, USA
17 September 1928, Trenton, New Jersey, USA
26 June 1958, New York City, New York, USA
29 December 1936, Lackawanna, New York, USA
25 July 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA
6 February 1945, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
22 October 1928, The Bronx, New York, USA
1 January 1964, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
October 08, 2004
The most overlooked of Allen's great films.March 22, 2011
In NJ, anything can happen!February 26, 2005
sublimely engagingAugust 18, 2004
A thoroughly enchanting work of art by one of our finest moviemakersDecember 18, 2004
Classic Woody. A great cast and a great story.May 20, 2003
It's a sweet, lyrically funny, multi- layered work that again demonstrates that Woody Allen is our premier film maker who, standing something over 5 feet tall in his sneakers, towers above all others.December 15, 2010
Whimsical Woody Allen love note to '30s films.October 25, 2004
Inventive, even romantic Woody Allen.September 24, 2007
Weird but wistful.September 26, 2003
Awesome Woody AllenAugust 04, 2009
Woody Allen's bittersweet comedy about the magical allure of movies in the Depression era was nominated for Original Screenplay Oscar, but it's premise is smiliar to that of Buster Keaton's 1924 silent.