The Clock
Starring: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason
Director: Vincente Minnelli, Fred Zinnemann
Writer: Robert Nathan
Producer: Arthur Freed
The Clock (UK title Under the Clock) is a 1945 American romantic drama film starring Judy Garland and Robert Walker and directed by Garland's future husband, Vincente Minnelli. This was Garland's first dramatic role, as well as her first starring vehicle in which she did not sing.
Trivia
- Selected for the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
- Garland had asked MGM to star in a straight dramatic role, wanting a break from the strenuous schedules of musical films.
- Garland did not sing in the movie; it would be 16 years before she would make another non-musical dramatic film, with Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
- Fred Zinnemann was initially hired to direct the film.
Filming Locations
- According to Robert Osborne in his introduction of this film on Turner Classic Movies, because World War II had not yet ended, filming on location was not considered cost effective or easy.
- Though the film was shot entirely on the MGM lot in Culver City, Minnelli's attempt to make New York City believable was extensive.
Previous Showings
6 Runs • 3 Festivals
3,109 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (July 19, 1945)
Original Run: July 19, 1945 (Thursday - Friday)
All runs on record (6):
- July 19, 1945 (Thursday - Friday)Judy Garland, Robert Walker
- July 4 - 5, 1990 · 334 ticketsw/ Till the Clouds Roll By
- February 7 - 9, 1996 · 386 ticketsw/ Cabin in the Sky
- April 23 - 25, 2006 · 662 ticketsRonald Colmanw/ Her Night of Romance, The Pirate
- May 19 - 21, 2010 · 547 ticketsSpring 2010w/ Cabin in the Sky
- June 27 - 30, 2024 · 1,180 ticketsDirected by Vincente Minnelliw/ Meet Me in St. Louis