New York Town | |
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Directed by | Charles Vidor |
Written by |
Jo Swerling Lewis Meltzer Preston Sturges (uncredited) |
Produced by | Anthony Veiller |
Starring |
Fred MacMurray Mary Martin Akim Tamiroff Robert Preston |
Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
Edited by | Doane Harrison |
Music by | Leo Shuken |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
New York Town is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Akim Tamiroff and Robert Preston. [1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was written by Lewis Meltzer and an uncredited Preston Sturges based on a story by Jo Swerling.
The film is notable for a long opening " single take" shot which establishes the personalities of several New York City apartment residents. [2]
Victor Ballard ( Fred MacMurray) is a poor but happy-go-lucky New York sidewalk photographer who shares a studio apartment with a painter from Poland, Stefan Janowski ( Akim Tamiroff). When Victor shoots a photo of Alexandra Curtis ( Mary Martin), he realizes she is desperate and in need of a friend who can guide her through the ways and means of surviving in Manhattan with no money. Alexandra moves in as a third roommate and helps out with Victor's street photography. Victor attempts to help her by getting her hooked up with a rich Park Avenue swell, but Alexandra accidentally meets his handsome son, Paul Bryson Jr. ( Robert Preston) instead, and Victor, to his own surprise, becomes jealous. Before Victor and Alexandra come together as a couple, there are (of course) further misunderstandings and fisticuffs and the like. [2] [3]
New York Town, based on the story, "Night Time" by Jo Swerling, was originally to have been directed by Mitchell Leisen, but when he was assigned to do I Wanted Wings, Charles Vidor was borrowed from Columbia. [4]
The film was in production from early November to late December 1940. [5] The original ending of the film featured a parade of the German-American Bund, but this was re-shot. [4] The film was released on 31 October 1941, a full 10 months after the completion of principal photography. [6]
New York Town | |
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Directed by | Charles Vidor |
Written by |
Jo Swerling Lewis Meltzer Preston Sturges (uncredited) |
Produced by | Anthony Veiller |
Starring |
Fred MacMurray Mary Martin Akim Tamiroff Robert Preston |
Cinematography | Charles Schoenbaum |
Edited by | Doane Harrison |
Music by | Leo Shuken |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
New York Town is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Akim Tamiroff and Robert Preston. [1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film was written by Lewis Meltzer and an uncredited Preston Sturges based on a story by Jo Swerling.
The film is notable for a long opening " single take" shot which establishes the personalities of several New York City apartment residents. [2]
Victor Ballard ( Fred MacMurray) is a poor but happy-go-lucky New York sidewalk photographer who shares a studio apartment with a painter from Poland, Stefan Janowski ( Akim Tamiroff). When Victor shoots a photo of Alexandra Curtis ( Mary Martin), he realizes she is desperate and in need of a friend who can guide her through the ways and means of surviving in Manhattan with no money. Alexandra moves in as a third roommate and helps out with Victor's street photography. Victor attempts to help her by getting her hooked up with a rich Park Avenue swell, but Alexandra accidentally meets his handsome son, Paul Bryson Jr. ( Robert Preston) instead, and Victor, to his own surprise, becomes jealous. Before Victor and Alexandra come together as a couple, there are (of course) further misunderstandings and fisticuffs and the like. [2] [3]
New York Town, based on the story, "Night Time" by Jo Swerling, was originally to have been directed by Mitchell Leisen, but when he was assigned to do I Wanted Wings, Charles Vidor was borrowed from Columbia. [4]
The film was in production from early November to late December 1940. [5] The original ending of the film featured a parade of the German-American Bund, but this was re-shot. [4] The film was released on 31 October 1941, a full 10 months after the completion of principal photography. [6]