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New York Town
New York Town
Directed by	Charles Vidor
Written by	Jo Swerling; Lewis Meltzer; Preston Sturges (uncredited)
Produced by	Anthony Veiller
Starring	Fred MacMurray; Mary Martin; Akim Tamiroff; Robert Preston
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum
Edited by	Doane Harrison
Music by	Leo Shuken
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 31, 1941;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

New York Town is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Akim Tamiroff and Robert Preston.^[1] It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. 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.^[2]

Plot

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. Victor 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.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Fred MacMurray as Victor Ballard
Mary Martin as Alexandra Curtis
Akim Tamiroff as Stefan Janowski
Robert Preston as Paul Bryson, Jr.
Lynne Overman as Sam
Eric Blore as Vivian
Fuzzy Knight as Gus Nelson
Cecil Kellaway as Shipboard Host
Edward McNamara as Brody
Oliver Blake as Bender, the lawyer
Ken Carpenter as Master of Ceremonies
Sam McDaniel as Henry
Iris Adrian as Toots O'Day
Monte Blue as McAuliffe
Laura Hope Crews as Apple Annie
Chester Clute as Mr. Cobbler
Margaret Hayes as Lola Martin
Grace Hayle as Mrs. Bixby
Regis Toomey as Jim Martin
Milton Kibbee as Postman
James Flavin as Recruiting Sergeant

Production

New York Town, based on the story, "Night Time" by Jo Swerling, was originally to have been directed by Mitchell Leisen, but when he was assigned to do I Wanted Wings, Charles Vidor was borrowed from Columbia.^[4]

The film was in production from early November to late December 1940.^[5] The original ending of the film featured a parade of the German-American Bund, but this was re-shot.^[4] The film was released on 31 October 1941, a full 10 months after the completion of principal photography.^[6]