Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

1h 33min | Crime, Drama, Romance | May 4, 1934 | Released

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.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Producer: David O. Selznick

Writer(s): Joseph L. Mankiewicz Oliver H.P. Garrett

Story: Arthur Caesar

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Edward Van Sloan

Yacht Captain Swenson

Mickey Rooney

Blackie as a Boy

Leonid Kinskey

Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen (uncredited)

Clark Gable

Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

Myrna Loy

Eleanor Packer

George Irving

Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Frank Conroy

Blackie's Defense Attorney

Jim Wade

Spud

Annabelle

Father Joe

Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Noel Madison

Manny Arnold

William Bailey

Al Barnes

Wade Boteler

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Miss Adams

Tootsie Malone

Jim Wade as a Boy

Singer in Cotton Club

Sam McDaniel

Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

George Sidney

Poppa Rosen

Dixie Lotten

Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen

Leon Trotsky

Jim's Dance Partner

Blind Beggar

Croupier

Edward Van Sloan Yacht Captain Swenson

Mickey Rooney Blackie as a Boy

Leonid Kinskey Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen (uncredited)

Clark Gable Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher

Myrna Loy Eleanor Packer

George Irving Jim's Campaign Manager (uncredited)

Frank Conroy Blackie's Defense Attorney

William Powell Jim Wade

Nat Pendleton Spud

Isabel Jewell Annabelle

Leo Carrillo Father Joe

Thomas E. Jackson Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow

Noel Madison Manny Arnold

William Bailey Al Barnes

Wade Boteler Prison Guard (uncredited)

Isabelle Keith Miss Adams

Muriel Evans Tootsie Malone

Jimmy Butler Jim Wade as a Boy

Shirley Ross Singer in Cotton Club

Sam McDaniel Black Prisoner on Death Row (uncredited)

George Sidney Poppa Rosen

Dixie Lotten Irish Woman Talking with Poppa Rosen

Leo Lance Leon Trotsky

Leslie Preston Jim's Dance Partner

Bert Russell Blind Beggar

W.R. Walsh Croupier

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David O. Selznick Producer

Cedric Gibbons Art Direction

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Screenplay

James Wong Howe Director of Photography

Ben Lewis Editor

Douglas Shearer Sound Director

William Axt Music

W.S. Van Dyke Director

Dolly Tree Costume Design

Oliver H.P. Garrett Screenplay

Lesley Selander Assistant Director

Arthur Caesar Story

Slavko Vorkapich Special Effects

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Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

1h 33min | Crime, Drama, Romance | May 4, 1934 | Released

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