Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Released: 1934-05-04 Duration: 1hr 33min
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Rating 7.0
RECKLESS with WOMEN...He pursued them ..."petted" them...promised them nothing and got away with everything!

Overview

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Production Companies

Cosmopolitan Productions
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 5.775

Directed By

W.S. Van Dyke

Crew

Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Editor
Ben Lewis
Sound Director
Douglas Shearer
Costume Design
Dolly Tree
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Special Effects
Slavko Vorkapich
Director of Photography
James Wong Howe
Supervising Music Editor
W. Donn Hayes
Screenplay
Frank Dolan
Art Direction
Joseph C. Wright
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Orchestrator
Maurice De Packh
Original Music Composer
William Axt
Supervising Editor
W. Donn Hayes
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Original Story
Arthur Caesar

TOP CAST

Clark Gable
Clark Gable

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

William Powell
William Powell

Jim Wade

Myrna Loy
Myrna Loy

Eleanor Packer

Leo Carrillo
Leo Carrillo

Father Joe

George Sidney
George Sidney

Poppa Rosen

Isabel Jewell
Isabel Jewell

Annabelle

Muriel Evans
Muriel Evans

Tootsie Malone

Thomas E. Jackson
Thomas E. Jackson

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Isabelle Keith
Isabelle Keith

Miss Adams

Noel Madison
Noel Madison

Manny Arnold

Jimmy Butler
Jimmy Butler

Jim Wade as a Boy

Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney

Blackie as a Boy

Shirley Ross
Shirley Ross

Singer in Cotton Club

Donald Haines
Donald Haines

Young Spud (uncredited)

Frank Conroy
Frank Conroy

Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey
Leonid Kinskey

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen

Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

William Bailey
William Bailey

Al Barnes (uncredited)

Curtis Benton
Curtis Benton

Announcer (uncredited)

John Bleifer
John Bleifer

Chauffeur (uncredited)

James Curtis
James Curtis

Party Leader (uncredited)

Vernon Dent
Vernon Dent

Otto (uncredited)

Charles Dunbar
Charles Dunbar

Panhandler (uncredited)

Jay Eaton
Jay Eaton

Drunk (uncredited)

Wesley Giraud
Wesley Giraud

Tough Boy (uncredited)

John Marston
John Marston

Mr. Coates (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Uncle Angus (uncredited)

Leo Lance
Leo Lance

Leon Trotsky (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity
Pat Moriarity

Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)

William Arnold
William Arnold

Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)

Lew Harvey
Lew Harvey

Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Jimmy James
Jimmy James

Chemin de Fer Dealer

Samuel S. Hinds
Samuel S. Hinds

Warden of Sing Sing (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel
Sam McDaniel

Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins
G. Pat Collins

Killer in Prison (uncredited)

James Eagles
James Eagles

Boy in Prison (uncredited)

Cullen Johnson
Cullen Johnson

Boy (uncredited)

Payne B. Johnson
Payne B. Johnson

Small Boy on Street (uncredited)

Dixie Lotten
Dixie Lotten

Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen (uncredited)

Larry McGrath
Larry McGrath

One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)

Alex Melesh
Alex Melesh

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
Charles R. Moore

Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

Ralph McCullough
Ralph McCullough

Reporter (uncredited)

Eddie Hart
Eddie Hart

Reporter (uncredited)

George Irving
George Irving

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Leslie Preston
Leslie Preston

Jim's Dance Partner (uncredited)

Harrison Greene
Harrison Greene

Eleanor's Dance Partner (uncredited)

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