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Manhattan Cocktail
UNITED STATES · 1928

Manhattan Cocktail

Dorothy Arzner
aspiring actors Broadway show business coming of age disillusionment
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Synopsis

Nancy Carroll stars in Manhattan Cocktail as Babs, a college coed who dreams of becoming a famous actress. Joining up with her campus chums Fred (Richard Arlen) and Bob (Danny O'Shea), likewise aspiring thespians, Babes heads to Broadway with stars in her eyes. The winsome threesome are quickly disillusioned by the heartless machinations of nasty producer Renov (Paul Lukas) and his harridan wife (

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