Soldier Joe Allen (Robert Walker) is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice (Judy Garland). She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp.

otsoNY Comments: Though the film was shot entirely on the MGM lot in Culver City, Minnelli managed to make New York City believable, even duplicating Penn Station at a reported cost of $66,000.

Pennsylvania Station, 8th Avenue and West 34th Street, Manhattan.

Conservatory Water Central Park, (from 72nd to 75th Street) Manhattan.   Inspired by the model boat ponds of late 19th century Paris, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created a place where children and adults alike could experience the pleasure of boating, in addition to the other attractions Conservatory Water has to offer.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue and East 82nd Street, Manhattan.   The Met is the largest art museum in the United States with among the most significant art collections. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments.

Courthouse, 1 Centre Street and Chambers Street, Manhattan.