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Big City

film by Taurog [1948]
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  • Boys Town
    Norman Taurog
    / Musical comedies and Boys Town

    Big City (1948), however, was a middling melodrama. Margaret O’Brien played a young girl who is adopted by a Protestant minister (Robert Preston), a Jewish cantor (Danny Thomas), and an Irish Catholic policeman (Murphy). The Bride Goes Wild (1948) was another misfire, with June Allyson…

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    Big City (1948), however, was a middling melodrama. Margaret O’Brien played a young girl who is adopted by a Protestant minister (Robert Preston), a Jewish cantor (Danny Thomas), and an Irish Catholic policeman (Murphy). The Bride Goes Wild (1948) was another misfire, with June Allyson…

    Read More