
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
7.0|4 May, 1934|93 min
RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!
7.0|4 May, 1934|93 min
Released
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The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Keywords
friendship
woman between two men
organized crime
orphan
pre-code
opposite sides of the law
Casts

Clark Gable
Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

William Powell
Jim Wade

Myrna Loy
Eleanor Packer

Leo Carrillo
Father Joe

Nat Pendleton
Spud

George Sidney
Poppa Rosen

Isabel Jewell
Annabelle

Muriel Evans
Tootsie Malone

Thomas E. Jackson
Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Isabelle Keith
Miss Adams

Noel Madison
Manny Arnold

Jimmy Butler
Jim Wade as a Boy

Mickey Rooney
Blackie as a Boy

Shirley Ross
Singer in Cotton Club

Donald Haines
Young Spud (uncredited)

Frank Conroy
Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey
Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Oscar Apfel
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

William Bailey
Al Barnes (uncredited)

Curtis Benton
Announcer (uncredited)

John Bleifer
Chauffeur (uncredited)
James Curtis
Party Leader (uncredited)

Vernon Dent
Otto (uncredited)
Charles Dunbar
Panhandler (uncredited)

Jay Eaton
Drunk (uncredited)
Wesley Giraud
Tough Boy (uncredited)

John Marston
Mr. Coates (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Leo Lance
Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Pat Moriarity
Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)
William Arnold
Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)

Lew Harvey
Craps Dealer (uncredited)
Jimmy James
Chemin de Fer Dealer

Samuel S. Hinds
Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Prison Guard (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel
Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins
Killer in Prison (uncredited)
James Eagles
Boy in Prison (uncredited)
Cullen Johnson
Boy (uncredited)
Payne B. Johnson
Small Boy on Street (uncredited)
Dixie Lotten
Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)
Alex Melesh
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph McCullough
Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Reporter (uncredited)

George Irving
Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)
Leslie Preston
Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Bert Russell
Blind Beggar (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Piano Player in Casino (uncredited)
Pepi Sinoff
Jewish Woman (uncredited)

Pete Smith
Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

Al Thompson
Street Spectator (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan
Yacht Captain Swenson (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon
Boat Passenger (uncredited)

Mary Gordon
Boat Passenger (uncredited)

William Irving
German Note Holder (uncredited)

Bert Sprotte
German Note Holder (uncredited)

William Stack
Judge (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Bailiff (uncredited)

Landers Stevens
Inspector (uncredited)
William Augustin
Detective (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
Detective in Court (uncredited)

Tom McGuire
Policeman in Court (uncredited)

Jack Kenney
Policeman (uncredited)

Lee Shumway
Policeman (uncredited)

Stanley Taylor
Police Intern (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
King Mojave
Croupier (uncredited)
W.R. Walsh
Croupier (uncredited)
Crews

W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Oliver H.P. Garrett
Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Ben Lewis
Editor

David O. Selznick
Producer

Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Dolly Tree
Costume Design

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

Slavko Vorkapich
Special Effects

James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
W. Donn Hayes
Supervising Music Editor
Frank Dolan
Screenplay
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis
Art Direction
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
William Axt
Original Music Composer
W. Donn Hayes
Supervising Editor
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator

Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
Arthur Caesar
Original Story

Richard Rodgers
Songs

Lorenz Hart
Songs
Arthur Caesar
Story
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