Young Man of Manhattan (1930)

Director:

Monta Bell

Writers:

Katharine Brush (novel)
Robert Presnell Sr. (adaptation)

Release Date:

17 May 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Two full-blooded young people, to whom life, love and pleasure came too easy, crash into the fast-shattering reality of their gilded lives---MARRIAGE---and lick it! (original poster)

Plot:

Two flappers (Claudette Colbert and Ginger Rogers) try to get their newspaper reporter boyfriends to pay attention to them.

Plot Keywords:

Newspaper | New York City | Socialite | Newspaper Reporter | Sports Writer

Cast

Claudette Colbert	...	Ann Vaughn
Norman Foster	...	Toby McLean
Ginger Rogers	...	Puff Randolph
Charles Ruggles	...	Shorty Ross
Leslie Austin	...	Dwight Knowles
Lorraine Aalbu	...	One of the Sherman Sisters (as Aalbu Sisters)
Aileene Aalbu	...	One of the Sherman Sisters (as Aalbu Sisters)
Fern Aalbu	...	One of the Sherman Sisters (as Aalbu Sisters)
Harriet Aalbu	...	One of the Sherman Sisters (as Aalbu Sisters)
H. Dudley Hawley	...	Doctor

Runtime:

USA:79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However, because of legal complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.

Quotes:

Puff Randolph: Cigarette me, big boy.

Soundtrack:

I'll Bob Up With The Bob-O-Link

Its OK

Ann (Claudette Colbert) and Toby (Norman Foster) are journalists who meet, fall in love and marry. Toby meets Puff (Ginger Rogers) after one of his assignments and decides that she will be the inspiration behind a money-making story. However, when Puff is introduced to Ann, Ann has the same idea about a story with Puff as the main character. Toby throws away his yet unstarted manuscript as Ann is a far more efficient and ambitious story-teller. While she spends her time forging ahead with her career, Toby is happy to just get by. He also meets up with Puff after Ann has told him not see her again. This leads to a separation. Will Ann take him back....?...

Its an early film so the sound quality is poor and its curious to hear Ginger Rogers speaking in a cutesy, baby-voice. Still, the cast do well and Colbert is good in the lead role. I think that they could have come up with a better title than "Young Man Of Manhattan". The film is OK.