So This Is New York
| So This Is New York | |
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| Directed by | Richard Fleischer |
| Written by | Carl Foreman Herbert Baker |
| Based on | Big Town: How I and the Mrs. Go to New York to See Life and Get Katie a Husband 1925 novel by Ring Lardner |
| Produced by | Stanley Kramer |
| Starring | Henry Morgan |
| Narrated by | Henry Morgan |
| Cinematography | John L. Russell |
| Edited by | Walter Thompson |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn Mayer |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
So This Is New York is a 1948 satirical movie comedy starring acerbic radio and television comedian Henry Morgan and directed by Richard Fleischer. The cynically sophisticated screenplay was written by Carl Foreman and Herbert Baker from the 1920 novel The Big Town by Ring Lardner. Foreman was blacklisted soon after.
It remains the only film in which humorist Henry Morgan plays the leading role, and the material was tailored to showcase the cynical persona Morgan had developed for his radio show.
The film was the second feature directed by Richard Fleischer (son of Max Fleischer), who had previously directed short subjects for United Artists. Fleischer went on to direct Follow Me Quietly (1948), Armored Car Robbery (1950), and The Narrow Margin (1954). It was also the first film produced by Stanley Kramer.