New York Town

New York Town

94 mins | Comedy, Romance | Oct. 31, 1941

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.

New York Town

94 mins | Comedy, Romance | Oct. 31, 1941

New York Town
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Producers Paramount
Original title New York Town
Directors Charles Vidor
Writers Jo Swerling, Lewis Meltzer

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Victor Ballard

Mary Martin

as Alexandra Curtis

Robert Preston

as Paul Bryson, Jr.

Akim Tamiroff

as Stefan Janowski

Lynne Overman

as Sam

Eric Blore

as Vivian

Fuzzy Knight

as Gus Nelson

Cecil Kellaway

as Shipboard Host

Oliver Blake

as Bender

Edward McNamara

as Brody

Eva Gabor

as (uncredited)

Iris Adrian

as Toots O'Day (uncredited)

John Bagni

as The Dip (uncredited)

Nicholas Bela

as Hungarian Father (uncredited)

Monte Blue

as McAuliffe (uncredited)

Tommy Bond

as Willie (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

as Spectator (uncredited)

Ethel Clayton

as (uncredited)

Chester Clute

as Mr. Cobbler (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

as Burt (uncredited)

Nell Craig

as Mrs. Nelson (uncredited)

Laura Hope Crews

as Apple Annie (uncredited)

George Davis

as Waiter in French Pavilion (uncredited)

Marjorie Deanne

as Girl with Oliver (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Doctor (uncredited)

Ann Doran

as Demonstrator in Store (uncredited)

Paul Fierro

as Gentleman on Boat (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

Ray Flynn

as Passerby (uncredited)

Linda Gage

as Nurse (uncredited)

Jack Gardner

as Clerk (uncredited)

Margaret Hayes

as Lola Martin (uncredited)

Grace Hayle

as Mrs. Bixby (uncredited)

Vinton Hayworth

as Gentleman on Boat (uncredited)

Maynard Holmes

as Scion on Boat (uncredited)

Kenneth Hunter

as Elderly Gentleman (uncredited)

Lilyan Irene

as Yvonne (uncredited)

Alice Keating

as Nurse (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

as Postman (uncredited)

Patricia Knox

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Census Taker (uncredited)

Kate Drain Lawson

as Landlady (uncredited)

Francis Marion

as (uncredited)

Wanda McKay

as (uncredited)

Paul McVey

as Gentleman on Boat (uncredited)

George Meader

as (uncredited)

Sid Melton

as Barker (uncredited)

Frances Morris

as Nurse (uncredited)

Cliff Nazarro

as Burt's Companion (uncredited)

Ella Neal

as (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

as Box Office Man (uncredited)

Jean Phillips

as (uncredited)

Lee Prather

as Barker (uncredited)

Wally Rairden

as Pedestrian (uncredited)

Gus Reed

as Businessman (uncredited)

Jack Rice

as Oliver (uncredited)

Keith Richards

as Young Man (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Spectator (uncredited)

Marshall Ruth

as Spectator in Broadcast Studio (uncredited)

Regis Toomey

as Jim Martin (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

as Peddler (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

as Barker (uncredited)

Pauline Wagner

as Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Delmar Watson

as Hungarian Boy (uncredited)

Gloria Williams

as (uncredited)

Ken Carpenter

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

as Henry (uncredited)

Jack Carr

as Barker (uncredited)