Deanna Durbins penultimate screen appearance was in the screen adaptation of a Sigmund Romberg / Dorothy Fields operetta set in 1870s New York Deanna is Irish immigrant Rosie Moore, whose illiterate father (Albert Sharpe) gets the job of superintendent of Central Park, because corrupt Boss Tweed (Vincent Price), the man running the city, thinks she may have overheard him planning criminal activity. With Rosies help, earnest young reporter John Matthews (Dick Haymes) manages to expose Tweeds Tammany Hall corruption. Only two songs were kept from the original Broadway production of Up in Central Park, but theres still plenty to sing about with As Close As Pages in a Book, Oh Say, Do You See What I See?, When She Walks in the Room, Carousel in the Park and the operatic aria Pace, Pace Mio Dio from Verdis The Force of Destiny.