Child of Manhattan (Edward Buzzell, ) based on Sturges’ play

Name: Child of Manhattan (Edward Buzzell, ) based on Sturges’ play
Director: Preston Sturges
Released: 1933

Preston Sturges

urban romance pre-Code melodrama Broadway adaptation social class conflict Manhattan setting

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Synopsis

Child of Manhattan is a 1933 American pre-Code melodrama film based on the play Child of Manhattan by Preston Sturges, which was presented on Broadway in 1932. The film was directed by Edward Buzzell and written for the screen by Gertrude Purcell, and stars Nancy Carroll, star of musical comedies at Paramount, John Boles, and cowboy star Charles "Buck" Jones. This was the second of Sturges' plays