Manhattan Parade (1931)
1h 15m
Running Time
December 24, 1931Release Date
Manhattan Parade (1931)
1h 15m
Running Time
December 24, 1931Release Date
Plot.
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
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Cast & Crew.
Joe Smith
Lou Delman: of the Avon Comedy Four
Dickie Moore
Junior Roberts
Charles Dale
Jake Delman: of the Avon Comedy Four
Winnie Lightner
Doris Roberts
Charles Butterworth
Herbert T. Herbert
Frank Conroy
Bill Brighton
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Bobby Watson
Paisley
Samuel Shipman
Writer
Charles Lane
Desk clerk
Robert Lord
Writer
Houston Branch
Writer
Luis Alberni
Vassily Vassiloff
Walter Miller
John Roberts
Devereaux Jennings
Cinematographer
Mae Madison
Woman in Charge of Fitting
William Holmes
Editor
Polly Walters
Telephone Girl
Greta Granstedt
Charlotte Evans
Lilian Bond
Sewing Girl
Charles Coleman
Laffingwell - Hired Butler
Helen Jerome Eddy
Delman's Secretary
Douglas Gerrard
Toreador with No Pants
June Gittelson
Miss Hemingway
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Details.
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Manhattan Parade is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was originally intended to be released, in the United States, early in 1931, but was shelved due to public apathy towards musicals. Despite waiting a number of months, the public proved obstinate and the Warner Bros. reluctantly released the film in December 1931 after removing all the music. Since there was no such reactions to musicals outside the United States, the film was released there as a full musical comedy in 1931.
The film pokes fun at Al Jolson, who had suffered a downturn in his career due to the public aversion to musical pictures. He had been released from his contract to Warner Bros. late in 1930.