Tuesday Trivia

In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies, peddling the papers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randalph Hearst, and other giants of the newspaper world. On every corner you saw them carrying the banner. Bringing you the news for a penny a pape. Poor orphans and runaways, the newsies were a ragged army without a leader, until one day all that changed.

Today I'll be sharing some trivia from the Disney Movie "Newsies." If you have not seen this movie, I highly recommend it -- its a classic! If you want a preview of the movie, click here and you can see the first few minutes.

It's a fantastic movie about the newsboy strike in 1899. It stars Christian Bale as "Cowboy" and David Moscow as "David." My sisters and I loved this movie when we were younger and we still quote the movie and sing the songs when we get together.

Now for some interesting facts from the movie:

~ Most of the cast trained in dance and martial arts for ten weeks before filming began.
~ Most of the newsies depicted in the film are based on real people from the strike, such as Spot Conlon, Racetrack Higgins and Kid Blink. Jack Kelly is a fictional character, although he may have been based on the real Kid Blink who was accused of being bribed by Pulitzer to end the strike.
~ At the time, this was one of the lowest grossing live action movies in Walt Disney history!
~ While Jack Kelly is singing Santa Fe, there is a part where he's riding a horse. The part when his arms are thrown out and he is bent back, he is actually riding on the shoulders of his stunt master.

Please enjoy the clip below. This is the song The World Will Know from the movie: