Up in Central Park

Movie Review: Up in Central Park (**1/2 out of 4 stars)

Year of Release: 1948

Country of Origin: USA

Director: William A. Seiter

Cast: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Albert Sharpe

Plot outline: A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City (IMDb).

The story (**1/2)

How the story unfolds (**1/2)

The characters (**1/2 the plot and characters are hardly realistic, but work just fine for a musical)

The acting (**1/2 Durbin and Price are in top form; both are charming, and hit just the right light note in their acting style. Dick Haymes sings very well, but lacks charisma and spark as an actor. While Albert Sharpe is strictly from the Barry Fitzgerald school of ersatz Blarney.)

Overall rating **1/2 out of 4 stars