Up in Central Park ( Central Park )

Up in Central Park (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Alternate Title: Central Park
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William A. Seiter

Written By:
Dorothy Fields
Herbert Fields

Actors:
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 ..... Gov. Motley
Howard Freeman ..... Myron Schultz
Mary Field ..... Miss Murch
Tom Pedi ..... O'Toole
Moroni Olsen ..... Big Jim Fitts
William Skipper ..... Dancer
Nellie Fisher ..... Dancer

Synopsis:

The Dorothy Fields-Sigmund Romberg Broadway musical Up in Central Park has been retooled as a vehicle for a pleasantly plump Deanna Durbin. Set in New York in the 1870s, the film casts Durbin as hoydenish Irish immigrant Rosie Moore, who becomes the romantic bone of contention between muckraking newspaper reporter John Matthews (Dick Haymes) and corrupt but charming political boss Tweed (Vincent Price, considerably handsomer and slimmer than the real Tweed). With Rosie's help, John manages to expose Tweed's Tammany Hall shenanigans. Though only two songs have been retained from the original Broadway production, both Durbin and Haymes are afforded several opportunities to sing. Featured in the cast as Durbin's father is Albert Sharpe, who'd just completed a run in the smash New York musical Finian's Rainbow and who later played the title role in Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). Best scene: The Currier & Ives ballet, one of the few holdovers from the stage version of Up in Central Park.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 February, 2008.

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