The Clock

original title:
The Clock
other titles:
Under the Clock, (Urlaub für die Liebe)
country / year of production:
USA / 1945
original length:
91 min. , black/white
premiere:
22 March 1945
genre:
Romance
based on:
director:
Vincente Minnelli
film script:
Robert Nathan , Joseph Schrank
producer:
Arthur Freed
cinematographer:
George J. Folsey
editor:
George White
composer:
George Bassman
cast (role):
Judy Garland (Alice Mayberry) , Robert Walker (Cpl. Joe Allen) , James Gleason (Al Henry) , Keenan Wynn (Luncheonette Drunk) , Marshall Thompson (Bill) , Judy Garland , Robert Walker , James Gleason , Keenan Wynn , Marshall Thompson
more:
plot synopsis:
Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, where he meets Alice - right under the huge clock at New York's Pennsylvania Station. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the next 48 hours together. The two fall in love, make the acquaintance of such lovable gotham types as cabbie Al Henry and an inebriate patriot, and eventually decide to get married before the Joe is shipped out again.
keywords:
home leave , women during wartime , battle-fatigue , infantry
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Although the Pennsylvania Station in the film looks authentic - even to lifelong New Yorkers -it was merely a Hollywood film-set, a very convincing back projection. Unusally so, because MGM had a reputation for the worst back projection in the business.
availability:
VHS NTSC