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So This Is New York

1948 · 79 min

A wry, fast-talking old-Hollywood comedy that gently mocks small-town dreamers dazzled and fleeced by the big city.

Genres
Comedy
Tagline
ALL THE EXCITEMENT and HEART-BREAK of BIG-TOWN GUYS and GALS ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY!
Overview
A small town man inherits a significant fortune and takes his family to New York City whereupon they are continually shocked at the alien culture of the Big Apple.

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • deception
  • family
  • ambition
  • greed
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Written by
Carl Foreman, Herbert Baker
Starring
Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Bill Goodwin, Hugh Herbert, Leo Gorcey, Virginia Grey, Dona Drake, Jerome Cowan
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
John L. Russell
Runtime
79 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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