Clark Gable, Claudelle Kaye, Frank Conroy
Orphans Edward "Blackie" Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life. Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard-nosed racketeer. Bookworm Wade becomes a D....( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2007
Stats: 62 reviews
The first non-Thin Man Powell/Loy movie I've seen. It took me a little while to get over the lack of snappy banter between them and even though the chemistry between them here is lacking a little, they were still good together. Gable was charismatic, Loy was as always luminous an...( read more)
This movie is probably best remembered for the fact that it was the last movie Johnny Dillinger saw before being shot dead outside the theater (as depicted in the film Public Enemies). Outside of that infamy it isn?t really remembered as well as other gangster films of the era l...( read more)
A little too much melodrama, but you put Gable,Powell, and Loy in a film then its GOLD. Alot of fun to watch.
As I learned from Robert Osborne prior to watching this film, this was the last film John Dillinger saw before he was gunned down outside the movie theater. Was it worth the risk? I would say so! Gable and Powell are lifelong friends who took different paths - Gable a gambler ...( read more)
William Powell and Clark Gable are two friends who grow up together but live lifes as adults on opposite sides of the law. Between them stands one beautiful woman they both love played by Myrna Loy who marries William Powell who is running for governor. They remain friends with...( read more)
This film is one of the best i've seen from either Gable or Powell, but especially William Powell. His performance was so convicting along with the direction and screenplay. For 1934, it sure was realistic with hardly any melodramatism in this dramatic masterpiece from the Gangse...( read more)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Blackie Gallagher (Clark Gable) and Jim Wade (William Powell) were childhood friends, orphaned by the General Slocum ship disaster, that have grown to become opposite ends of the law. Blackie is the charming bad boy casino owner with the heart of gold...( read more)
Notorious but very hokey drama. Gable exudes charisma and star quality but Powell is just too good to be true and Myrna Loy is surprisingly arch and affected. A bad performance from a usually stellar actress.
The name of the movie is fitting because it was a bit melodramatic.
I did, however, think that the theme of sticking to ones moral code, whatever that may be, was compelling. But not so compelling that I would give it more than a 3.5 out of 5, and almost only a 3.
Fascinatingly cheerful tragedy, probably the first pairing of Loy and Powell. In an unlikely transition, bad Mickey Rooney grows up to become bad Clark Gable.
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