Coney Island

Name: Coney Island
Director: Ric Burns
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 1991-02-04
Duration: 58 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Philip Bosco, Al Lewis, Vincent Gardenia, Eli Wallach, Elliot Willensky

1991

58m

History Documentary

Director: Ric Burns

Writer: Richard Snow

Overview

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".