Romance in Manhattan (1935)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Stephen Roberts

Writers:

Jane Murfin (screenplay) and
Edward Kaufman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 January 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Romance

Plot:

Ginger Rogers and her kid brother (Jimmy Butler) "adopt" Francis Lederer, a Czech immigrant who then becomes a taxi driver.

Plot Keywords:

Taxi Driver | Chorus Girl | Ellis Island | Shyster | Lawyer

Cast

Francis Lederer	...	Karel Novak
Ginger Rogers	...	Sylvia Dennis
Arthur Hohl	...	Halsey J. Pander
Jimmy Butler	...	Frank Dennis
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Officer Murphy
Helen Ware	...	Miss Anthrop
Eily Malyon	...	Miss Evans
Lillian Harmer	...	Mrs. Schultz - Landlady
Donald Meek	...	Minister
Sidney Toler	...	Police Sergeant
Oscar Apfel	...	The Judge
Reginald Barlow	...	Customs Inspector

Runtime:

77 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Czech

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #389) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams is in studio records/casting call lists as a cast member, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie.

Soundtrack:

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)

As good as It Happened One Night

This gem should rightly be considered one of the era's best comedies. It's touching, funny, and filled with hope. Lederer is perfect as the young immigrant, in love with the ideals of America during the Great Depression. Rogers, only one year out of the chorus, is outstanding. While the sets are a bit too phony, and the traveling in traffic scenes are too obviously fake, the story, the acting, and the directing are uniformly outstanding.