Big City (1948)

Note Générale:

6,0/10   

Réalisateur:

Norman Taurog

Scénaristes:

Whitfield Cook (writer)
Aben Kandel (additional dialogue)

Date de sortie:

25 mars 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

An abandoned baby is raised by three men: the Rev. Andrews, cantor Feldman, and Officer O'Donnell. When...

Plot Keywords:

Cantor | Abandoned Baby | Family Relationships | Parenthood | Clergy

Avis des utilisateurs:

Apropo for out times

Ensemble

Margaret O'Brien	...	Midge
Robert Preston	...	Rev. Philip Y. Andrews
Danny Thomas	...	Cantor David Irwin Feldman
George Murphy	...	Patrick O'Donnell
Karin Booth	...	Florence Bartlett
Edward Arnold	...	Judge Martin O. Abercrombie
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins	...	Louis Keller (as Butch Jenkins)
Betty Garrett	...	Shoo Shoo Grady
Lotte Lehmann	...	Mama Feldman
Connie Gilchrist	...	Martha, the Judge's Maid
Page Cavanaugh	...	Trio Leader (as Page Cavanaugh Trio)

Durée:

103 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Classification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Société:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Anecdotes:

Although there was not a soundtrack album, MGM issued a 78-rpm boxed album featuring Betty Garrett (making her screen debut), along with recording artists Kate Smith (intoning her trademark "God Bless America," written by Irving Berlin), Art Lund and Hal McIntyre's Orchestra. From RCA Victor came two releases by cast members: a 78-rpm album by the illustrious soprano who had retired from the Metropolitan Opera, Lotte Lehmann (singing "God Bless America" in the movie and commercially for RCA Victor); and a single by The Page Cavanaugh Trio of "Ok'l Baby Dok'l" (music and lyrics by Inez James and Sidney Miller) - performed here without Betty Garrett, who shared the soundtrack version and then made her own studio cut with Hal Mooney and His Orchestra for MGM Records to include on its album and also issue as a single.

Bande son:

Lullaby

Apropo for out times

A 1948 film on religious tolerance. A rabbi(Danny Thomas), a Protestant clergyman(Robert Preston), and a Irish Catholic policeman(George Murphy), discover an abandoned baby and decide to bring her up equally between them. Of course, conflict arises and they are about to break the ties that bind them, but with darling Margaret O'Brien and a wise judge, they bring them all together by the end.

A film that was evidently not well thought of, but seeing it today with all the conflict caused by religion around the world, you realize if we can't get along in our own little corner or the world, and these characters were not, how can the greater conflicts ever be solved. Really made me stop and think. And should have been better received in 1948. 8/10

Jane