CLASSIC MOVIES: THE CLOCK (1945)

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Brief Movie Synopsis [courtesy of Turner Classic Movies]:

A soldier en route to Europe falls in love during
a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.

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REVIEWS:

"A tender and refreshingly simple romantic drama has been woven around a soldier on a forty-eight-hour furlough in Manhattan and his chance meeting with a lonely girl, in the new Metro film, 'The Clock'. .... The atmosphere of the big town has seldom been conveyed more realistically upon the screen than in this picture. .... Director Vincente Minnelli has recorded the pulse beats of Manhattan...with electrifying effect. The sound track of this film is a composition in itself, not just a mechanical device. .... 'The Clock' is the kind of picture that leaves one with a warm feeling toward his fellow man, especially toward the young folks who today are trying to crowd a lifetime of happiness into a few fleeting hours."

-- Excerpt from The New York Times; May 4, 1945