''Young Man of Manhattan'' is a 1930 American
pre-Code
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musical comedy film
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directed by
Monta Bell
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Biography
Monta Bell first appeared in theatrical venues with Washington D.C. stock companies and then took up journalism an ...
and starring
Claudette Colbert
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,
Norman Foster
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,
Ginger Rogers
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, and
Charles Ruggles
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. Made by
Paramount Pictures, it was set and filmed in
New York City
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.
Plot
Jealousy comes between a young couple of newspaper people when the wife earns more money and becomes more famous than her husband. Especially his
alcohol addiction becomes the dividing element, whereas the young Puff Randolph girl chasing him, and her editor falling in love with her are merely elements that challenge their love.
Cast
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Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures ...
as Ann Vaughn
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Norman Foster
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as Toby McLean
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Ginger Rogers
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as Puff Randolph
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Charles Ruggles
Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the e ...
as Shorty Ross
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Leslie Austin as Dwight Knowles
*Lorraine, Aileene, Fern, and Harriet Aalbu as the Sherman Sisters (credited as Four Aalbu Sisters)
*H. Dudley Hawley as Doctor
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Jack Dempsey
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as Jack Dempsey (archive footage) (uncredited)
*Maynard Holmes as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
*John MacDowell as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
*Tom Reilly as Referee (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Gene Tunney
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as Gene Tunney (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1930 films
1930 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American romantic musical films
American black-and-white films
Films based on American novels
Films based on romance novels
Films directed by Monta Bell
Films set in New York City
Paramount Pictures films
Films about alcoholism
Gender equality
Films about journalists
1930 musical comedy films
1930s romantic musical films
1930s American films
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