{"id":37667,"date":"2016-09-23T08:51:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37667"},"modified":"2021-02-04T00:34:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T07:34:59","slug":"naked-city-the-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37667","title":{"rendered":"Naked City, The (1948)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl. But now she&#8217;s the marmalade on a hundred thousand pieces of toast.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA detective (Barry Fitzgerald) and his assistant (Don Taylor) search for clues related to the murder of a model whose lying boyfriend (Howard Duff) is engaged to her co-worker (Dorothy Hart).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barry Fitzgerald Films<\/li>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Jules Dassin Films<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jules_Dassin\">Jules Dassin<\/a>&#8216;s documentary-style police procedural is notable as the first major Hollywood film shot in New York City streets and locales. There are some surprisingly gritty scenes &#8212; including the initial murder of the model, shown briefly but graphically during an opening montage of NYC at 1:00 in the morning, and the final confrontation with one of the killers &#8212; but the film itself suffers from the same syndrome as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37514\"><em>Undercover Man<\/em> (1949)<\/a>, with too much pedantic emphasis placed on giving viewers the &#8220;inside scoop&#8221; on how law enforcement does its grueling work. Journalist-producer Mark Hellinger provides an overly earnest voice-over, with lines such as these:   <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 10th precinct station is in the Chelsea district of New York, a rather shabby building on a rather shabby street. Acts of violence in Manhattan are reported to the third floor of this building, because, here, rather quietly, the homicide squad does its work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/84521\/the-naked-city#articles-reviews?articleId=72532\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a> for fascinating background info on Hellinger, who was apparently quite a character.) Meanwhile, Barry Fitzgerald and Don Taylor: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Fitzgerald.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Fitzgerald.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Fitzgerald.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Fitzgerald-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Fitzgerald-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Fitzgerald-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Taylor2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Taylor2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Taylor2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Taylor2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Taylor2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Taylor2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; are far too straight-out-of-Hollywood as the detective duo assigned to investigate the murder, and Howard Duff is pretty bland as the key player in the intrigue. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Duff.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Duff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Duff.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Duff-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Duff-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Duff-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The true power of this flick lies in its many shots of New York City in the late 1940s; to that end, it serves as an invaluable cinematic time capsule. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine use of authentic NYC locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC3.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Authentic4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Authentic4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Authentic4.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Authentic4-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Authentic4-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC4.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC4-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC4-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC5.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC5-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-NYC5-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography by Oscar-nominated William H. Daniels<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography2.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ted de Corsia as Willy Garzah<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-De-Corsia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-De-Corsia.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-De-Corsia.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-De-Corsia-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Naked-City-De-Corsia-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a one-time look. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. Selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2007 by the Library of Congress as being &#8220;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040636\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4642city.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1948\/03\/05\/archives\/naked-city-mark-hellingers-final-film-at-capitol-fitzgerald-heads.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/84521\/the-naked-city#articles-reviews?articleId=72532\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=1796\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/us\/film\/the-naked-city\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Yesterday, Jean Dexter was just another pretty girl. But now she&#8217;s the marmalade on a hundred thousand pieces of toast.&#8221; Synopsis: A detective (Barry Fitzgerald) and his assistant (Don Taylor) search for clues related to the murder of a model whose lying boyfriend (Howard Duff) is engaged to her co-worker (Dorothy Hart). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Barry Fitzgerald Films Detectives and Private Eyes Jules Dassin Films Murder Mystery New York City Review: Jules Dassin&#8216;s documentary-style police procedural is notable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37667\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37667"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68532,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37667\/revisions\/68532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}