Up in Arms
Goldwyn / RKO, 1944, Color, 106 minutes, ***
Released February, 1944
Poor Danny Weems is a hypochondriac. He even finds work in a medical building just to be near help should any disease suddenly strike. But then he and his friend Joe (Dana Andrews)
are drafted. Danny's girlfriend Mary (Constance Dowling) decides to join up, and she convinces her best friend Virginia (Dinah Shore) to do likewise. But as they are saying goodbye to the boys onboard
their ship, the ship sails and the Mary accidentally ends up a stowaway. When the ship arrives at its destination, Danny is taken prisoner by the Japanese, but manages to escape and even take a few
prisoners with him. Lots of laughs from Danny Kaye and the cast in Kaye's first screen appearance.
Produced by: Samuel Goldwyn
Associate Producer: Don Hartman
Directed by: Elliott Nugent
Production Manager: Walter Mayo
Assistant Director: Louis Germonprez
Original Screen Play by: Don Hartman, Allen Boretz and Robert Pirosh
Suggested by the Character "The Nervous Wreck" by Owen Davis
"Now I Know," "Tess' Torch Song," "All Out for Freedom" by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler;
"Theater Lobby Number," "Melody in 4-F" and "Jive Number" (based on "Tess' Torch Song") by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman
Musical Numbers Arranged and Conducted by: Ray Heindorf
Dances Staged and Directed by: Danny Dare
Musical Director: Louis Forbes
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson, Stewart Chaney
Associate: McClure Capps
Set Decorations: Howard Bristol
Costumes: Miles White
Make-Up: Robert Stephanoff
Hair Stylist: Nina Roberts
Technical Advisers: Lieut. Eunice C. Hatchitt, Lieut. Richard Day
Narration: Knox Manning
Special Photographic Effects: Clarence Slifer and R. O. Binger
Sound Recorder: Fred Lau
Director of Photography: Ray Rennahan
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Morgan Padelford
Film Editors: Daniel Mandell, James Newcom
Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Score - Musical (Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf) and Best Song ("Now I Know")
Cast:
Danny Kaye [Danny Weems],
Dinah Shore [Virginia],
Dana Andrews [Joe],
Constance Dowling [Mary Morgan],
Louis Calhern [Colonel Ashley],
George Mathews [Blackie],
Benny Baker [Butterball],
Elisha Cook, Jr. [Info Jones],
Lyle Talbot [Sgt. Gelsey],
Walter Catlett [Major Brock],
George Meeker [Ashley's Aide],
Richard Powers [Ashley's Aide],
Margaret Dumont [Mrs. Willoughby],
Donald Dickson [Singer at Dock],
Charles Arnt [Mr. Higginbotham],
Charles Halton [Dr. Freyheisen],
Tom Dugan [Pitchman],
Sig Arno [Waiter],
Harry Hayden [Dr. Weavermacher],
Charles D. Brown [Dr. Campbell],
Maurice Cass [Dr. Jones],
Fred Essler [Head Waiter],
Rudolf Friml, Jr. [Band Leader],
and The Goldwyn Girls;
Additional Cast:
Edward Earle [Sherwood],
Knox Manning [Narrator],
Lynn Eubanks [M.P. at Dock],
Herbert Evans [Englishman],
Benson Fong [Japanese Sentry],
Jack Gardner [Ship's Engineer],
Stanley Gilbert [Man in Lobby],
Jon Gilbreath [Lieutenant at Dock],
John Hamilton [Business Man],
Isabel Withers [Businessman's Wife],
Maryon Adair [Girl in Trailer],
James Harrison [Sentry],
Alex Havier [Japanese Sentry],
Bill Hunter [Corporal of the Guards],
Eddie Kane [Theatre Manager],
John Kelly [M.P. on Cable Car],
George T. Lee [Japanese Sentry],
George Magrill [Sailor],
Matt McHugh [Doorman],
George McKay [Old Stevedore],
Jack Mower [Captain at Dock],
David Newell [Captain at Dock],
Frank O'Connor [Elevator Starter],
Al Benault [Cop],
Terrance Ray,
Matt Willis [Sentries in Hold],
Frosty Royce [Bakery Man],
Hans Schumm [German Spy],
Oliver Blake,
Larry Steers [Board Members],
Leonard Strong [Japanese Interrogator in Cave],
Dink Trout [Startled Man in Cable Car],
Charles Vincent [Sentry],
Eddy Waller [Milkman],
Fred Aldrich [Midget on Cable Car],
Bruce Wong [Japanese Sergeant],
Peter Chong [Japanese Lieutenant],
Tom Coleman [Boat Captain],
Thomas Cowan [Theatre Doorman],
Peter Cusanelli [Fish Vendor],
William B. Davidson [Sherwood],
Karen Knight,
Audrey Korn,
Bonnie Barlowe,
Helen McAllister [Dancers],
Anne O'Neal,
Virginia Farmer [Spinsters],
Diedra Vale [Heavy Nurse],
Lillian Randolph [Black Woman],
Maude Eburne [Dowager in Cable Car],
Ruth Herscher [Homely Nurse],
Marjorie Raymond,
Joette Robinson,
Eleanor Shaw,
Maxine Armour,
June Wayne,
Barbara Williams [Dancers],
Betty Alexander,
Gale Amber,
Gloria Anderson,
Jan Bryant,
Alma Carroll,
Joan Chaffee,
Linda Christian,
Virginia Cruzon,
Helen Darling,
Myrna Dell,
Dorothy Gardner,
Inna Gest,
Renee Godfrey,
Ellen Hall,
June Harris,
Eloise Hart,
Mary Ann Hyde,
June Lang,
Rosalyn Lee,
Florence Lundeen,
Mickey Malloy,
Virginia Mayo,
Dorothy Merritt,
Lorraine Miller,
Mary Moore,
Kay Morley,
Diana Mumby,
Lee Nugent,
Dorothy Patrick,
Shelby Payne,
Helen Talbot,
Ruth Valmy,
Ricki Van Dusen,
Alice Wallace,
Virginia Wicks,
Audrey Wilder [Goldwyn Girls]
Musical Program:
[0:00] Overture: All Out for Freedom / Now I Know;
[0:14] Theater Lobby Number (sung and acted out by Danny Kaye in theater lobby);
[0:35] Now I Know (sung by Dinah Shore);
[0:45] All Out for Freedom (played by marching band, sung and marched by Soldiers);
[0:52] All Out for Freedom (instrumental rendition danced by Soldiers and WACs onboard ship);
[0:54] Tess' Torch Song (sung by Dinah Shore and Chorus);
[0:58] Jive Number (sung by Danny Kaye and Chorus);
[1:26] Production number (Danny's dream sequence, contains snippets of many tunes, including the Bridal March, "Mary Had a Little Lamb," "Tess' Torch Song," "Now I Know," "Jive Number" and others I can't identify; also lots of Goldwyn Girls);
[1:45] All Out for Freedom (reprised by Chorus behind end credits)
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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)
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