Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (MOD)

Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (MOD)Manhattan Melodrama holds a special place in movie lore. It's the film notorious gangster John Dillinger saw with his mysterious "lady in red" before exiting the theater and walking right into an FBI ambush. Even without that momentous historical footnote, Manhattan Melodrama would be a film to reckon with. Because Clark Gable, William Powell and Myrna Loy three of the greatest stars ever to shine in the M G M heavens bring to memorable screen life

Parallel to these perils of the body

The fun starts when the Edwardses take a second honeymoon in Mexico and fall into the hands of quickie-divorce/quickie-marriage lawyer Romero

including Beulah Bondi

his parents post a $5000 reward for any information leading to their boy's return

Mommy's chortling sleaziness and Cleo's class shape the power and pizzazz of Cleopatra Jones

Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense

Alan (Tony O'Dell)

Dan eventually surprises her with a unique proposal - a marriage without love

Robert Mulligan (To Kill a Mockingbird) directs a tough yet tender slice-of-life rich in great characters

played for laughs and above all

and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic

daughter of racing magnate Pinky Delano (Harry Carey)