Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
May 4, 1934Release Date
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
May 4, 1934Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
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)
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
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 4, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film, produced by MGM, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, and starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. The movie also provided one of Mickey Rooney's earliest film roles. (Rooney played Gable's character as a child.) The film is based on a story by Arthur Caesar, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Story. It was also the first of Myrna Loy and William Powell's fourteen screen pairings.
Notorious criminal John Dillinger attended a showing of the film at Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934. After leaving the theater, he was shot to death by federal agents. Myrna Loy was among those who expressed distaste at the studio's willingness to exploit this event for the financial benefit of the film. Scenes from Manhattan Melodrama, in addition to Dillinger's death, are depicted in the 2009 film Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp as Dillinger.