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{{Infobox film
| name = Child of Manhattan
| name = Child of Manhattan
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| caption = theatrical poster
| director = [[Edward Buzzell]]
| director = [[Edward Buzzell]]
| writer = [[Preston Sturges]] ''(play)''<br />Gertrude Purcell
| writer = [[Preston Sturges]] ''(play)''<br />[[Gertrude Purcell]]
| starring = [[Nancy Carroll]]<br />[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]<br />[[Buck Jones]]
| starring = [[Nancy Carroll]]<br />[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]<br />[[Buck Jones]]
| cinematography = [[Ted Tetzlaff]]
| cinematography = [[Ted Tetzlaff]]
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| language = English
| language = English
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'''''Child of Manhattan''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[melodrama]] film based on the play ''[[Child of Manhattan (play)|Child of Manhattan]]'' by [[Preston Sturges]], which was presented on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1932. The film was directed by [[Edward Buzzell]] and written for the screen by Gertrude Purcell, and stars [[Nancy Carroll]], star of musical comedies at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], and cowboy star [[Buck Jones|Charles "Buck" Jones]].
'''''Child of Manhattan''''' is a 1933 American [[Pre-Code Hollywood|pre-Code]] [[melodrama]] film based on the play ''[[Child of Manhattan (play)|Child of Manhattan]]'' by [[Preston Sturges]], which was presented on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1932. The film was directed by [[Edward Buzzell]] and written for the screen by [[Gertrude Purcell]], and stars [[Nancy Carroll]], star of musical comedies at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], and cowboy star [[Buck Jones|Charles "Buck" Jones]].


This was the second of Sturges' plays to be adapted into a film, after ''[[Strictly Dishonorable (play)|Strictly Dishonorable]]''. "Most of the wittier and more pungent lines were lost in translation."<ref name=amg />
This was the second of Sturges' plays to be adapted into a film, after ''[[Strictly Dishonorable (play)|Strictly Dishonorable]]''. "Most of the wittier and more pungent lines were lost in translation."<ref name=amg /> "As Andrew Horton notes, Sturges appears to have had a fascination with [...] inter-class narratives, and a number of his plays, screenplays, and films contain 'sudden transitions in socioeconomic status'. [...] "His 1932 play ''Child of Manhattan'', subsequently made into a movie by Columbia Pictures (Edward Buzzell, 1933), involves the relationship of the son of the immensely wealthy Paul Vanderkill with a dime-a-dance girl".<ref>Andrew Horton, ed., ''Three More Screenplays by Preston Sturges'' (Berkeley: Univ. of CA Press, 1998), 17; quoted in Christopher Beach, " 'These Are Troubled Times': Social Class in the Comedies of Preston Sturges", in Jeff Jaeckle and Sarah Kozloff, eds., ''ReFocus: The Films of Preston Sturges'' (Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2015). {{ISBN|9781474406550}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[Taxi dancer]] Madeleine McGonegle ([[Nancy Carroll]]) attracts the attention of millionaire Paul Vanderkill ([[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]), and when she becomes pregnant, they get married to avoid a scandal. When the baby dies at birth, Madeleine runs away to Mexico, to give Paul the divorce she thinks he wants. There, she meets "Panama Canal" Kelly (cowboy star [[Buck Jones]]), an old friend who proposed to her before he went west. Undeterred by her recent past, he asks her again to get married, and she eventually agrees. When Paul discovers where she is, he shows up just as the couple is about to be wed. When Panama overhears Madeleine confess her love to Paul, he bows out of the picture.<ref name=amg>Erickson, Hal [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:87139 Plot synopsis (Allmovie)]</ref><ref>TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70795&category=Full%20Synopsis Full synopsis]</ref><ref>Majidi, Cameron [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023887/plotsummary Plot summary (IMDB)]</ref>
[[Taxi dancer]] Madeleine McGonegle ([[Nancy Carroll]]) attracts the attention of millionaire Paul Vanderkill ([[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]]), and when she becomes pregnant, they marry to avoid a scandal. When the baby dies at birth, Madeleine runs away to Mexico, to give Paul the divorce she thinks he wants. There, she meets "Panama Canal" Kelly (cowboy star [[Buck Jones]]), an old friend who proposed to her before he went west. Undeterred by her recent past, he asks her again to marry, and she eventually agrees. When Paul discovers where she is, he shows up just as the couple is about to be wed. When Panama overhears Madeleine confess her love to Paul, he bows out of the picture.<ref name=amg>Erickson, Hal [https://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:87139 Plot synopsis (Allmovie)]</ref><ref>TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70795&category=Full%20Synopsis Full synopsis]</ref><ref>Majidi, Cameron [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023887/plotsummary Plot summary (IMDB)]</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Nancy Carroll]] as Madeleine McGonegle
*[[Nancy Carroll]] as Madeleine McGonegle
*[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] as Paul Otto Vanderkill
*[[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] as Paul Otto Vanderkill
*[[Buck Jones]] as Panama Kelly
*[[Buck Jones]] as Panama Kelly (as Charles 'Buck' Jones)
*[[Jessie Ralph]] as Aunt Minnie
*[[Jessie Ralph]] as Aunt Minnie (as Jessie Rolph)
*[[Clara Blandick]] as Aunt Sophie Jones
*[[Clara Blandick]] as Aunt Sophie Jones
*[[Luis Alberni]] as Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
*[[Luis Alberni]] as Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
*[[Warburton Gamble]] as Stephen Eggleston
*[[Warburton Gamble]] as Stephen Eggleston
*[[Jane Darwell]] as Mrs. McGonegle
*[[Jane Darwell]] as Mrs. McGonegle
*[[Garry Owen (actor)|Garry Owen]] as Buddy McGonegle
*[[Garry Owen (actor)|Garry Owen]] as Buddy McGonegle (as Gary Owen)
*[[Betty Grable]] as Lucy McGonegle
*[[Betty Grable]] as Lucy McGonegle
*[[Nat Pendleton]] as Spyrane - Dance Hall Bouncer
*[[Nat Pendleton]] as Spyrane - Dance Hall Bouncer


==Production==
==Production==
This film was in production from 12 November through 6 December 1932.<ref>TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70795&category=Overview Overview]</ref> The movie shot for two weeks with [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] playing the part of "Paul", before he was replaced by John Boles.<ref>TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70795&category=Notes Notes]</ref>
This film was in production from November 12 through December 6, 1932.<ref>TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70795&category=Overview Overview]</ref> The movie shot for two weeks with [[Neil Hamilton (actor)|Neil Hamilton]] playing the part of "Paul", before he was replaced by John Boles.<ref>TCM [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=70795&category=Notes Notes]</ref>


The film had a limited release on 4 February 1933, and went into general release in [[New York City|New York]] on 11 February.<ref>IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023887/releaseinfo Release dates]</ref> It was marketed with the taglines: ''The World called her BAD because she dared to LOVE!'' and ''Women called her Sinner! Men called her Siren! He called her Sweetheart!''<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023887/taglines Taglines]</ref>
The film had a limited release on February 4, 1933, and went into general release in [[New York City|New York]] on February 11.<ref>IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023887/releaseinfo Release dates]</ref> It was marketed with the taglines: ''The World called her BAD because she dared to LOVE!'' and ''Women called her Sinner! Men called her Siren! He called her Sweetheart!''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023887/taglines Taglines]</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0023887|Child of Manhattan}}
*{{IMDb title|0023887|Child of Manhattan}}
*{{tcmdb title|70795|Child of Manhattan}}
*{{TCMDb title|70795|Child of Manhattan}}
*{{Amg movie|87139|Child of Manhattan}}


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{{Edward Buzzell}}
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 21 December 2024

Child of Manhattan
theatrical poster
Directed byEdward Buzzell
Written byPreston Sturges (play)
Gertrude Purcell
StarringNancy Carroll
John Boles
Buck Jones
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byJack Dennis
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 11, 1933 (1933-02-11)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Child of Manhattan is a 1933 American pre-Code melodrama film based on the play Child of Manhattan by Preston Sturges, which was presented on Broadway in 1932. The film was directed by Edward Buzzell and written for the screen by Gertrude Purcell, and stars Nancy Carroll, star of musical comedies at Paramount, John Boles, and cowboy star Charles "Buck" Jones.

This was the second of Sturges' plays to be adapted into a film, after Strictly Dishonorable. "Most of the wittier and more pungent lines were lost in translation."[1] "As Andrew Horton notes, Sturges appears to have had a fascination with [...] inter-class narratives, and a number of his plays, screenplays, and films contain 'sudden transitions in socioeconomic status'. [...] "His 1932 play Child of Manhattan, subsequently made into a movie by Columbia Pictures (Edward Buzzell, 1933), involves the relationship of the son of the immensely wealthy Paul Vanderkill with a dime-a-dance girl".[2]

Plot

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Taxi dancer Madeleine McGonegle (Nancy Carroll) attracts the attention of millionaire Paul Vanderkill (John Boles), and when she becomes pregnant, they marry to avoid a scandal. When the baby dies at birth, Madeleine runs away to Mexico, to give Paul the divorce she thinks he wants. There, she meets "Panama Canal" Kelly (cowboy star Buck Jones), an old friend who proposed to her before he went west. Undeterred by her recent past, he asks her again to marry, and she eventually agrees. When Paul discovers where she is, he shows up just as the couple is about to be wed. When Panama overhears Madeleine confess her love to Paul, he bows out of the picture.[1][3][4]

Cast

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Production

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This film was in production from November 12 through December 6, 1932.[5] The movie shot for two weeks with Neil Hamilton playing the part of "Paul", before he was replaced by John Boles.[6]

The film had a limited release on February 4, 1933, and went into general release in New York on February 11.[7] It was marketed with the taglines: The World called her BAD because she dared to LOVE! and Women called her Sinner! Men called her Siren! He called her Sweetheart![8]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Erickson, Hal Plot synopsis (Allmovie)
  2. ^ Andrew Horton, ed., Three More Screenplays by Preston Sturges (Berkeley: Univ. of CA Press, 1998), 17; quoted in Christopher Beach, " 'These Are Troubled Times': Social Class in the Comedies of Preston Sturges", in Jeff Jaeckle and Sarah Kozloff, eds., ReFocus: The Films of Preston Sturges (Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2015). ISBN 9781474406550
  3. ^ TCM Full synopsis
  4. ^ Majidi, Cameron Plot summary (IMDB)
  5. ^ TCM Overview
  6. ^ TCM Notes
  7. ^ IMDB Release dates
  8. ^ Taglines
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