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New York Town is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Charles Vidor released in USA on 31 october 1941 with Fred MacMurray
New York Town (1941)
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Add to a movie listNew York Town is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Akim Tamiroff and Robert Preston. 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.
Synopsis
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 Victoria 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.Actors
Fred MacMurray
(Victor Ballard)
Mary Martin
(Alexandra Curtis)
Akim Tamiroff
(Stefan Janowski)
Robert Preston
(Paul Bryson, Jr.)
Lynne Overman
(Sam)
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