Big City (DVD)

Margaret O'Brien sings, dances and keeps the faith in this heartwarming musical drama costarring Robert Preston, Danny Thomas and George Murphy. Midge (O'Brien) is the luckiest girl in New York. Found abandoned as an infant, she's adopted by a cantor (Thomas), a reverend (Preston) and a Catholic cop (Murphy), who raise her together as only three loving fathers can. But when the police officer marries a saloon singer (Betty Garrett) and insists on sole custody, the trio winds up in court, where Midge, with the help of a kind-hearted judge (Edward Arnold), must decide what's best for her fathers as well as herself. Highlighted by opera legend Lotte Lehmann in her only American film appearance and featuring Broadway star Betty Garrett in her big-screen debut, Big City is MGM at it's musical best, packed with "good production values, charming musical numbers and standout performances" (The Motion Picture Guide).

Starring: Karin [Katharine] Booth, Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy, Karin Booth, Edward Arnold, Butch Jenkins, Betty Garrett, Lotte Lehmann, Page Cavanaugh Trio, Marles Noie, Peter Roman, Brick Sullivan, Jack Worth, Connie Gilchrist, Hank Mann, Heinie Conklin, Ben Moselle, Bobby Barber, Sailor Vincent, Clarence Hennecke, Charles Sullivan, Stanley Blystone, David Leonard, Lotte Stein, Arthur Walsh, Joy Ames, George Davis, Skeets Noyes, Patricia Vaniver, Maynard Holmes, Wilson Wood, Doris Kemper, Jerry Mickelsen, David Bair, Frank Mayo, Colin Kenny, Sherry Hall, Irene Seidner, George Calliga, Robert Emmett Keane, Donald Gordon

Director: Joe Pasternak

Rating: NR