Up in Central Park 1948

Up in Central Park


Universal, 1948, B/W, 88min, ***

Released May, 1948



Rosie Moore (Deanna Durbin) and her father (Albert Sharpe) are Irish immigrants who immediately get caught up in corrupt politics upon arriving in America. Boss Tweed gives Rosie's father a job in Central Park, and he becomes fiercely loyal. But Tweed is the boss of a ring that practically controls the entire city. Reporter John Matthews (Dick Haymes) tries to convince the Moores of Tweed's bad ways, but with no luck until Tweed invites Rosie to a party where she sees the truth for herself. Price is perfectly cast as the menacing Tweed. Musical highlights include "Carousel in the Park," "When She Walks in the Room" and the party ballet.



Produced and Written for the Screen by: Karl Tunberg

Directed by: William A. Seiter

Assistant Director: William Holland

Based on the Musical Play "Up in Central Park" by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields and Sigmund Romberg, Produced by Michael Todd

Music Director: Johnny Green

Music by: Sigmund Romberg

Lyrics by: Dorothy Fields

Music Arranged and Directed by: Johnny Green

Dances and Musical Sequences Staged by: Helen Tamiris

Production Designed by: Howard Bay

Set Decorations: Russell A. Gausman, Ted Offenbecker

Costumes: Mary Grant

Hair Stylist: Carmen Dirigo

Make-Up: Bud Westmore

Special Photography: David S. Horsley

Sound: Leslie I. Carey, Joe Lapis

Director of Photography: Milton Krasner

Film Editor: Otto Ludwig



Cast: 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 [Miss Murch], Tom Pedi [O'Toole], Moroni Olsen [Big Jim Pitts], William Skipper, Nelle Fisher [Dancers], Additional Cast: Patricia Alphin (aka Audrey Young), Nina Lunn, Bunny Waters [Guests], Wayne Treadway, Frank McFarland, Harry Denny, Hal Taggart, Edward Peil Sr. [Politicians], G. Pat Collins [Ward Heeler], Curt Bois [Maitre d'], George Spaulding [Barton], William "Billy" Newell [Stage Manager], Martin Garralaga [Bertolli], Thomas Jackson, Tom Dillon [Officials], Richard Kipling [Waiter with Trick Tray], Alice Backes [Swedish Immigrant Girl], Charles Miller [Jones], Tudor Owen [Footman], Bert Moorhouse [Democrat], Carol Dawn Pierson [Little Girl Dancing], Eve Pearson [Ticket Seller], Carl Sepulveda [Carriage Driver], Charles Weskin [Alderman], Stuart Holmes, Arthur Thompson, Rod de Medici [Immigrants], Boyd Ackerman, Leslie Sketchley [Policemen]



Musical Program: [0:05] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:06] Boss Tweed (sung by Chorus); [0:14] Oh! Say Can You See? (sung by Deanna Durbin, danced by Deanna Durbin and Albert Sharpe); [0:29] Carousel in the Park (sung by Children, Deanna Durbin and Dick Haymes on carousel); [0:48] Currier & Ives (ice skating ballet danced by skating Ensemble); [0:56] When She Walks in the Room (sung by Dick Haymes); [1:13] Pace, pace, mio Dio (from Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, sung by Deanna Durbin); [1:23] It Doesn't Cost You Anything to Dream (?) (instrumental with some Choral offsecreen, danced by Chorus onscreen)