7.0
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.
Deanna Durbin
Rosie Moore
Dick Haymes
John Matthews
Vincent Price
Boss Tweed
Albert Sharpe
Timothy Moore
Tom Powers
Rogan
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mayor Oakley
Thurston Hall
Governor Motley
Howard Freeman
Myron Schultz
Mary Field
Schoolteacher
Tom Pedi
O'Toole
Moroni Olsen
Big Jim Fitts
William Skipper
Dancer
Nellie Fisher
Dancer
Bess Flowers
Diner at The Stetson House (uncredited)
Patricia Alphin
Guest
Director
William A. Seiter
Lyricist, Theatre Play
Dorothy Fields
Screenplay
Karl Tunberg
Theatre Play
Herbert Fields
Theatre Play
Sigmund Romberg
June 5, 2023
6
Despite not featuring in the top billing, this film really belongs to the honest emigrant Irishman "Moore" (Albert Sharpe). Straight off the boat with his feisty daughter "Rosie" (Deanna Durbin) he bumps into a welcoming committee that lets him know how he can take part in the democratic process (for a new mayor) and make a few bucks at the same time. He excels at his task and by a quirk of fate finds himself superintendent of Central Park - on a wapping great $3,000k per year! He is hands on, so likes to feed the animals - an activity that is clearly prohibited and attracts the attention of journalist "Matthews" (Dick Haymes). Realising the man's job and the purpose of the feeding - geese, grouse, duck all destined for the table of kingpin "Tweed" (Vincent Price), he writes a column, gets "Moore" fired and rouses the wrath of "Rosie" who intercedes for her father and also manages to attract the attention of "Tweed" too. It's quite a fun tale of corrupt local politics, naivety and integrity this, with Sharpe delivering well and Durbin doing the lively characterisation that she always did engagingly, too. Price makes for a reasonable sophisticate-cum-power-broker and Hobart Cavanaugh also chips in nicely as the hapless Mayor just doing what he is told. The ending is all a bit rushed, the story is really quite incomplete on a number of fronts and the musical numbers don't do a great deal for maintaining the pace, but it has a certain plausibility to it. It's quite possible this is what New York might have been like at the start.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00