New York Town

1941 1h 34m EN

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8.5

MASTERPIECE

★8.5TMDB · 2

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Fred MacMurray
Victor Ballard
Mary Martin
Alexandra Curtis
Robert Preston
Paul Bryson, Jr.
Akim Tamiroff
Stefan Janowski
Lynne Overman
Sam
Eric Blore
Vivian
Fuzzy Knight
Gus Nelson
Cecil Kellaway
Shipboard Host

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Charles Vidor
Writers: Jo Swerling, Lewis Meltzer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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85 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Leo Shuken. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Doane Harrison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Fred MacMurray and Mary Martin and Robert Preston carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0033947 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Charles Vidor directs. Leo Shuken scores. Doane Harrison cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

185 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Original score by Leo Shuken. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
3Editor Doane Harrison shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Fred MacMurray and Mary Martin and Robert Preston carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0033947 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.