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Up in Central Park (1948) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by William A. Seiter and produced by Karl Tunberg.

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When Universal announced on February 20, 1946 its purchase of the screen rights to the Broadway show, Felix Jackson, then-husband of Deanna Durbin, was assigned to produce the film. Instead, the studio revealed on November 8 that Mr. Jackson would be opting out of the remainder of his contract after he finished overseeing the editing of another Durbin feature, I'll Be Yours.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30-minute CBS Radio adaptation of the movie on June 28, 1948 with Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes and Vincent Price reprising their film roles.
A best-selling Bing Crosby record on Decca in 1945, "Close as Pages in a Book" (music by Sigmund Romberg, lyrics by Dorothy Fields), sung by Deanna Durbin and Dick Haymes, did not go over well among preview attendees, so the duet was cut from this film. The melody is played over the opening credits and again over the end title. In Britain, the prerecording has been issued on the 2004 Jasmine CD, "Dick Haymes in Hollywood."
In its initial Broadway run of 504 performances, the stage show appeared in two houses: playing the New Century Theatre between January 27 and June 10, 1945; then continuing at the Broadway Theatre between June 11, 1945 and April 13, 1946. The musical was revived in a limited engagement at City Center between May 19 and May 31, 1947.
During filming, sepia (brownish) tone was tested in a few scenes, but the released picture is totally in standard black and white.
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