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Manhattan Melodrama
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Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American black-and-white crime drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Cosmopolitan Productions. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke and George Cukor, the film features a cast including Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Nat Pendleton. Joseph L. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay, while David O. Selznick served as producer. The narrative is set in New York City and explores themes of capital punishment, friendship, and organized crime.
The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, with a runtime of 93 minutes. It received an Academy Award for Best Story and was nominated for the same honor. William Axt composed the score, and Cedric Gibbons served as production designer. The movie has been described with the tagline "RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!" Critical reception includes a review score of 7/10 and 81%, with an IMDb rating of 7.1.
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It sits within the topics 1934 American films, 1934 crime drama films and 1934 English-language films.
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7.0The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Cast
- Clark Gable as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
- William Powell as Jim Wade
- Myrna Loy as Eleanor Packer
- Leo Carrillo as Father Joe
- Nat Pendleton as Spud
- George Sidney as Poppa Rosen
Themes
- friendship
- woman between two men
- organized crime
- orphan
- pre-code
- opposite sides of the law
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- George Cukor
- Screenwriter
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Cast member
- Frank Conroy
- Composer
- William Axt
- Producer
- David O. Selznick
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- James Wong Howe
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 173818
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Manhattan Melodrama poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1934-01-01
- title
- Manhattan Melodrama
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Story
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Manhattan Melodrama
- review score
- 81%
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