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Child of Manhattan(1933)
Status: Released
Date: 1933-02-11
80%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 10m
The drama of a good girl with a bad name!
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Child of Manhattan
Top 10 Billed 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
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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.
Release Date
1933-02-11
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The drama of a good girl with a bad name!
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