‘What’s Up, Doc?’ screwball comedy film premieres in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 9 1972)


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(Thursday, March 9, 1972, 10:50 a.m. EST)What’s Up, Doc?, a screwball comedy film that centers on four identical plaid overnight bags and the people who own them, premiered today at the Radio City Music Hall at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.


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Produced and directed by Peter Bogdanovich, the film stars Barbra Streisand, Ryan O’Neal, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Kenneth Mars, Michael Murphy, Stefan Gierasch, Sorrell Booke, Philip Roth, and Mabel Albertson.