
Film
Child of Manhattan
1933 · 1h 10m · Drama · Romance
The drama of a good girl with a bad name!
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- 6.4
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Overview
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.
Cast

Nancy Carroll
Madelaine McGonagle

John Boles
Paul Vanderkill

Buck Jones
"Panama Canal" Kelley

Jessie Ralph
Aunt Minnie

Clara Blandick
Aunt Sophie

Luis Alberni
Carlos Spumoni Bustamente

Warburton Gamble
Stephen Eggleston

Jane Darwell
Mrs. McGonagle

Garry Owen
Buddy McGonagle

Betty Grable
Lucy McGonagle

Nat Pendleton
Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer

Edward LeSaint
Dr. Schultz

Matthew Betz
Chet Watson (uncredited)

Tyler Brooke
Dulcey
Crew
- Edward BuzzellDirector
- Gertrude PurcellScreenplay
- Maurine Dallas WatkinsScreenplay
- Ted TetzlaffDirector of Photography
- Jack DennisEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 11, 1933
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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