Once upon a Time in Baltimore

<p>As children in 1918 Baltimore Annie an Irish-American girl and Vince the son of Sicilian immigrants both lose loved ones-Annie's father and sister to the Spanish flu and Vince's brother to an auto accident. The tragedies change how each of them face the world and-after they meet and wed-how they relate to each other. Together and sometimes apart they overcome discrimination illness a family rift a son going off to war and marital strains caused by Vince's ambitions and marital infidelity and Annie's passivity and fear of change.</p><p><br></p><p>With its focus on the children of immigrants in a major US city Once Upon a Time in Baltimore presents a vivid and moving picture of family struggles and triumphs amid the ever-changing social mores historical upheavals and dark challenges of 20th century America.</p>