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Paddy Chayefsky’s ‘Marty’ and Its Significance to the Social History of Arthur Avenue, The Bronx, in the 1950s

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The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, Volume: XLIV, Pages: 50 - 59

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Marty is a 1955 film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Delbert Mann. The film won many awards including the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Marty explored the problems that ordinary people in the Arthur Avenue (or Belmont) section of The B...

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Published in: The Bronx County Historical Society Journal
Published: 2007
Online Access: http://themis.slass.org/marty.html
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