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Child of Manhattan (1933)

Child of Manhattan (1933)

Drama Romance

The drama of a good girl with a bad name!

Release Date: 1933, February 11
Directors: Edward Buzzell
Countries: United States of America
Production: Columbia Pictures
Cast: Nancy Carroll, Luis Alberni, Jane Darwell, Clara Blandick, Garry Owen, Edward LeSaint, John Boles, Tyler Brooke, Betty Grable, Nat Pendleton, Buck Jones, Matthew Betz

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.

Keywords:

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