Child of Manhattan (1933)
The drama of a good girl with a bad name!
70 min
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.
- Release date
- February 11, 1933
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Nancy Carroll as Madelaine McGonagle
- John Boles as Paul Vanderkill
- Buck Jones as Panama Kelley
- Jessie Ralph as Aunt Minnie
- Clara Blandick as Aunt Sophie
- Luis Alberni as Bustamente
- Warburton Gamble as Eggleston
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. McGonagle
- Garry Owen as Buddy McGonagle
- Betty Grable as Lucy McGonagle
Crew
- Edward Buzzell · Director
- Gertrude Purcell · Writer
- Maurine Dallas Watkins · Writer
- Preston Sturges · Writer
- Ted Tetzlaff · Cinematographer
- Jack Dennis · Editor