Little Old New York (1940)
- Directed by
- Henry King
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, comedy drama, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In early 1800s New York, an engineer struggles to get funding and support to build the first working steamboat. A woman helps him pursue his dream against opposition from skeptics and rivals.
periodearnestmild tensionromanticbittersweetslow-burnseriocomicnostalgic
What happens
Little Old New York is a 1940 American black-and-white historical drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, directed by Henry King, that stars Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, and Richard Greene. The film is based on a play by Rida Johnson Young, which opened on Broadway on September 8, 1920, and starred Genevieve Tobin, Douglas Wood, and Donald Meek. It was previously adapted into a 1923 film starring Marion Davies. Little Old New York tells the story of the hardships of the engineer Robert Fulton in financing and building the first successful steam-powered ship in America, which would revolutionize river transportation and then ocean commerce around the world. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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