Tales of Manhattan (1942)
1h 58m
Running Time
August 5, 1942Release Date
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
1h 58m
Running Time
August 5, 1942Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
Where to Watch.
Subs
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Boyer
Paul Orman
Rita Hayworth
Ethel Halloway
Ginger Rogers
Diane
Henry Fonda
George
Charles Laughton
Charles Smith
Edward G. Robinson
Avery L. 'Larry' Browne
Paul Robeson
Luke
Ethel Waters
Esther
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Reverend Lazarus
Alan Campbell
Writer
Thomas Mitchell
John Halloway
Eugene Pallette
Luther - Orman's butler
Cesar Romero
Harry Wilson
Julien Duvivier
Director
Ben Hecht
Writer
Gail Patrick
Ellen - Diane's friend
Roland Young
Edgar - Wilson's butler
Ferenc Molnár
Writer
Marion Martin
'Squirrel' Grey
Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith
Samuel Hoffenstein
Writer
Boris Morros
Producer
Victor Francen
Arturo Bellini - Symphony conductor
George Sanders
Williams
Sam Spiegel
Producer
James Gleason
Joe - Mission Aid Society
Sol Kaplan
Composer
Harry Davenport
Prof. Lyons
Joseph Walker
Cinematographer
Robert Bischoff
Editor
J. Carrol Naish
Burglar - Robber #1
W.C. Fields
Professor Pufflewhistle
Frank Orth
Secondhand Clothes Dealer (Rogers sequence)
Christian Rub
Cello Player (Laughton sequence)
James Rennie
H.R. 'Hank' Bronson (Robinson sequence)
Harry Hayden
'Soupy' Davis (Robinson sequence)
Morris Ankrum
Judge / Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence)
Donald Douglas
'Hen 'Henderson (Robinson sequence) (as Don Douglas)
Mae Marsh
Molly (Robinson sequence)
Clarence Muse
Grandpa (Robeson sequence)
George H. Reed
Christopher (Robeson sequence)
Cordell Hickman
Little Nicodemus (Robeson sequence)
Paul Renay
'Spud' Johnson (Robinson sequence)
Barbara Lynn
Mary (Robinson sequence)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence)
Helene Reynolds
Actress (Boyer sequence)
Phil Silvers
First Salesman at Santelli's (uncredited)
Marcel Dalio
Second Salesman at Sandelli's (uncredited)
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
Rondo Hatton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)
Will Wright
Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited)
Hazel Dohlman
Concertgoer (uncredited)
Boris Leven
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 American anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. Thirteen writers, including Ben Hecht, Alan Campbell, Ferenc Molnár, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Donald Ogden Stewart, worked on the six stories in this film. Based on the Mexican writer Francisco Rojas González's novel, Historia de un frac ("Story of a Tailcoat"), which he was not credited for, the stories follow a black formal tailcoat cursed by a cutter as it goes from owner to owner, in five otherwise unconnected stories.