6/12/2023 0 Comments The clock movie![]() Just walking out of the station terrifies Joe the cold, confining, bleak buildings threatening to stomp all over his fragile soul. Overseas men are rushing into the fray to kill each other, yet New Yorkers are rushing to get as far away from each other as possible. Winding up in Penn Station and unsure where to go, Joe finds people rushing from place to place with no interest in helping him or willing to acknowledge his existence. Set while the war is ongoing, Joe is thrust into an equally perplexing new world: the wilds of New York. With only 48 hours to spend, Joe and Alice find themselves drawn to each other and into a romance that changes their lives.įilmed in 1944 and released the following year, The Clock is a celebration of love after, and among, the horrors of war. He accidentally runs into Alice Mayberry (Garland), and struck by the immensity of a city he’s never been to Joe asks Alice to show him around. Joe Allen ( Robert Walker) is a soldier on furlough in New York City. Sorry!) The Clock is a poignant romance with a sobering set of circumstances ideal for the post-WWII audiences of the era. ![]() (This was also recommended to me by a reader whose name escapes me. Garland only starred in three non-musical features, so my Summer Under the Stars choice was culled from those three: 1945’s The Clock. Much of that was due to her powerhouse vocals which, when blended with a fantastic story (A Star is Born, for example), created pure cinematic joy. ![]() Take away the personal troubles and the tragedy, Judy Garland was a phenomenal actress, hands down.
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