So This Is New York (1948)

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Legendary Richard Fleischer (The Narrow Margin) directed this 1948 comedy based on Ring Lardner`s (Champion) novel The Big Town and adapted for the screen by Carl Foreman (The Bridge on the River Kwai) and Herbert Baker (Don`t Give Up the Ship). The film follows a rube, Henry Morgan, on a journey as he uses his recently obtained inheritance to take a trip to 1910`s New York with his wife (Virginia Grey) and sister-in-law (Dona Drake). Along the way, he encounters numerous eccentric characters including a drunken jockey, a sleave ball millionaire and a devious stage actor - all scheming to court his sister-in-law in order to gain a slice of the inheritance. The cast includes Rudy Vallee, Bill Goodwin, Hugh Herbert, Jerome Cowan and Leo Gorcey. So This is New York was the maiden voyage for producer/director Stanley Kramer (Inherit the Wind) and radio humorist Henry Morgan`s first film.