Child of Manhattan
1933, English. Directed by Edward Buzzell.
The drama of a good girl with a bad name!
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Edward BuzzellDirector
- Nancy CarrollMadelaine McGonagle
- John BolesPaul Vanderkill
- Buck Jones"Panama Canal" Kelley
- Jessie RalphAunt Minnie
- Clara BlandickAunt Sophie
- Luis AlberniCarlos Spumoni Bustamente
- Warburton GambleStephen Eggleston
- Jane DarwellMrs. McGonagle
- Garry OwenBuddy McGonagle
- Betty GrableLucy McGonagle
- Nat PendletonSpyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
- Edward LeSaintDr. Schultz
Details
- Released
- 11 February 1933
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Gertrude Purcell, Maurine Dallas Watkins
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Who directed Child of Manhattan?
Child of Manhattan (1933) was directed by Edward Buzzell and stars Nancy Carroll, John Boles, Buck Jones.