The Clock
by Tex Avery, Vincente Minnelli
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Actor: Judy Garland, Paul Sydell, Pete Smith, Robert Walker, William H. O'BrienDirector: Tex Avery, Vincente Minnelli
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Heck Allen
Writer: Joe Ansen
Writer: Joseph Schrank
Writer: Paul Gallico
Writer: Pauline Gallico
Writer: Robert Nathan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Clock
Movie Review: Romance Without An R Rating
Summary: 5 Stars
Actually the romance between the two stars seems more realistic since we aren't privvy to all of their sexual hangups or bedtime details and can concentrate on the emotional interface. The shots of '40's New York are great and if you have an HDTV with a progressive scan DVD player, the sharpness of this movie in widescreen is excellent. This is the New York I remember from many childhood trips up from Washington and the people are realistic. Walker's dialogue is silly at first but as the plot unwinds he sounds more and more normal. If you can get through the first ten minutes or so with the hayseed dialogue and hang on in until they get on the bus you will be fine. It is interesting from a historical standpoint to view the military presence in Penn Station and all over town. During the war this was the way it was. I doubt that the majority of the travellers in the station were extras.
Summary of The Clock
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. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp.Sometimes simplicity can be heartbreaking. So it is with The Clock, a wonderfully simple love story that stands as one of the gems of the MGM golden years. It should be noted right off that this 1945 film is not a musical, despite a talent roster led by the maestro of MGM musicals, producer Arthur Freed. Rather, it's a straight, black and white romance about a soldier (Robert Walker) with a two-day pass in unfamiliar, overwhelming New York City. He meets an office worker (Judy Garland), and in the glow of the city and each other, they fall in love. Underlying the sweetness of the romance is the time limit of the soldier's leave, after which he will be sent overseas; the clock brings an urgency to the action, especially after the lovers lose each other in the crush of a subway. Veteran character actor James Gleason provides lovely support, as does his real-life wife, Lucile. Director Vincente Minnelli brought his designer's eye to the film, turning (by his own avowed intention) New York City itself into the third main character in the drama. It's not difficult to guess the reason for the film's strong emotional tug, or for Judy Garland's radiance; Minnelli had fallen in love with Garland during the making of Meet Me in St. Louis a year earlier, and they would marry after filming The Clock. She was never lovelier than in these two pictures. --Robert Horton
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