Child of Manhattan (1933)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance
Release: 1933-03-31
Director: Edward Buzzell
Writers: Gertrude Purcell , Maurine Dallas Watkins , Preston Sturges
Language: Spanish | Yiddish | English
Stars: Nancy Carroll , John Boles , Buck Jones , Jessie Ralph , Clara Blandick (1876–1962) , Luis Alberni , Warburton Gamble , Jane Darwell (1879–1967) , Garry Owen , Betty Grable
Runtime: 70 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Anjo de New York (Brazil) , Child of Manhattan (United Kingdom) , Porque te quiero (Spain) , Child of Manhattan (Canada) , Taxi Girls (United States of America) , O Anjo Pecador (Brazil) , Child of Manhattan , Il prezzo del piacere (Italy) , Child of Manhattan (United States of America)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0023887