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Up in Central Park

A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.

Release Date : 1948-07-09

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Rosie Moore

Original Name : Deanna Durbin

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Matthews

Original Name : Dick Haymes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boss Tweed

Original Name : Vincent Price

Gender : Male

Character Name : Timothy Moore

Original Name : Albert Sharpe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rogan

Original Name : Tom Powers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor Oakley

Original Name : Hobart Cavanaugh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Governor Motley

Original Name : Thurston Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Myron Schultz

Original Name : Howard Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolteacher

Original Name : Mary Field

Gender : Female

Character Name : O'Toole

Original Name : Tom Pedi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Jim Fitts

Original Name : Moroni Olsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : William Skipper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer

Original Name : Nellie Fisher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Diner at The Stetson House (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Character Name : Guest

Original Name : Patricia Alphin

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-05

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.