Broadway and Movies

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Broadway noun - A street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters.

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Movies and broadway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Movies" instead a noun "Broadway".

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Broadway and movies are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Broadway" instead a noun "Movies".

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

Source: Useful Notes / Broadway and the West End
He was born to the Barrymore family, show business royalty that included his father Maurice (a big Broadway star), his sister Ethel (also a big Broadway star, who dabbled in movies), and his brother John (a big Broadway star who would become a Hollywood A-lister like his brother).

Source: Creator / Lionel Barrymore
Funnily enough, when he first tried to break into Hollywood, one studio executive told him to 'Go back to Broadway and stay there' because he felt that Bogart didn't have the face to be in movies.

Source: Creator / Humphrey Bogart

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