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25 May 1945 (USA)
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Every second a heart-beat
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Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together...
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superb romance from MGM
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Judy Garland | ... | Alice Mayberry |
 | Robert Walker | ... | Corporal Joe Allen |
| James Gleason | ... | Al Henry |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | The Drunk |
| Marshall Thompson | ... | Bill |
| Lucile Gleason | ... | Mrs. Al Henry |
| Ruth Brady | ... | Helen |
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Under the Clock (UK)
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90 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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In the opening scene, Robert Walker bums a light from a commuter played by none other than Arthur Freed.
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Factual errors: Joe shows up for date with Alice at 7 pm. And even though date lasts nearly a day, he's still clean-shaven 24 hours later.
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Referenced in Going Shopping (2005)
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If I Had You
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This film gives Judy Garland a chance (her first, I think?) to appear in a non-singing role, as Alice Mayberry, a hopeless romantic who works in New York. When she meets soldier Joe Allen (Robert Walker) they fall deeply in love with each other and are soon beating a path to the altar.
As a war-based romance, this story moves fast because it has to - in a matter of days Alice and Joe know they belong together, and we know it too, thanks to the scenes we see in the museum, in the park away from the bustling traffic, and within the railway station. Garland and Walker are both excellent, the perfect representations of dewy-eyed young lovers.
We're not disappointed by the little roles, either - James and Lucille Gleason play a friendly milkman and his wife, Keenan Wynn plays a drunk in a diner, Ruth Brady plays Alice's housemate Ruth, and Marshall Thompson gathers many laughs all to himself as Ruth's silent boyfriend Bill, never allowed to say anything in response to her constant questioning, gossiping, and nagging.
Directed by Garland's husband Vincente Minnelli, 'The Clock' is a quiet and lovely film, not often quoted as one of the greats, but a good example of the best entertainment MGM could offer in the 1940s.