Up in Central Park (1948)

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Shooting in Technicolor was set to start in December 1946, but due to a year-end strike at the Technicolor processing facilities, the project was initially postponed until July 1947. When filming actually commenced in October, black-and-white cinematography was employed as a cost-saving measure to keep the movie budgeted at about $2,000,000. In addition, Universal International was avoiding a Technicolor bottleneck, as described by William Goetz, the studio's production chief, to Thomas F. Brady of The New York Times on September 28, 1947. With a color shoot, Mr. Goetz explained, studio capital would be tied up in the picture for nearly a year after its completion. Back in January, Universal International, wanting Deanna Durbin to stay active, had rushed her before the black-and-white cameras in another vehicle, Something in the Wind, which the studio had bought for her in August 1946.
During filming, sepia (brownish) tone was tested in a few scenes, but the released picture is totally in standard black and white.
In its initial Broadway run of 504 performances, the stage show appeared in two houses: playing the New Century Theatre between January 27 and June 10, 1945; then continuing at the Broadway Theatre between June 11, 1945 and April 13, 1946. The musical was revived in a limited engagement at City Center between May 19 and May 31, 1947.
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