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starring: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo, Nat Pendletondirected by: W.S. Van Dyke, George Cukor
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302241204
Format: Black & White, NTSC
ISBN: 6302241200
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: June 30, 1994
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 10155
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: May 04, 1934
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Rating:  - Corruption, murder, love and pathos - a fine piece of filmmaking
First released in 1934, this is a fast-moving drama that is a surprisingly good piece of filmmaking considering the technical limitations of the time. It has all the elements of police corruption, murder, love and pathos.
The film opens with an incident that shocked and saddened New Yorkers in 1904. That's when the General Slocum, a passenger ship that was chartered by a church group to give New Yorkers an excursion around the City, caught fire and burned to the water line. More ... Read More
Rating: - a "class film"--just like Selznick said it was
Manhattan Melodrama tells the story of two young boys, Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher (Clark Gable) and James W. 'Jim' Wade (William Powell) who grow up together after their parents are killed in a fire onboard a steamboat just off New York City. While Blackie loves to play with dice and gamble--even as a young boy--Jim prefers to study and becomes New York's District Attorney and eventually Governor of New York State. Blackie runs his own illegal gambling parlor and even makes deals on the side with ... Read More
Rating: - Manhattan Melodrama is a Classic
I finally got my copy of Manhattan Melodrama, and I was pleasantly surprise by the quality of the acting, direction and the script. The is movie is a classic, and a must for any film library.
Myrna Loy as alway was fantastic in this movie, but so was Clark Gable and William Powell. It is a story about two orphan boys who grew up together, but took different path in life, and the woman who love them both.
Myrna Loy was beautiful as ever, and she play her part as well as could be played by ... Read More
Rating:  - Emotions in Full Swing
Manhattan Melodrama is a highly emotional film with a great cast. Not everyone will like it though; it is a film about friendship and honor and can become rather gooey when it comes to the relationships between characters. However, as a fan of melodrama, I really enjoyed it.
Blackie (Clark Gable) and Jim (William Powell) have been friends since they were children. When they lost their parents in a shipwreck, they were adopted by a kindly man who did his best with them. Blackie always had ... Read More
Rating: - Impressive for its' Time
I saw "Manhatten Melodrama" for the first time last night and I was very favorably impressed. This movie caught my attention right from the very novel beginning. We encounter our two male leads as youths on an outing. One of the child actors is a juvenile Mickey Rooney already displaying his talents. The scenes we witness are craftily designed to show us just how close a bond these two youths were developing. We get another series of scenes that let us know the different directions each of them takes ... Read More
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