MANHATTAN LOVE SONG (1934) Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee, Nydia Westman | Comedy, Romance, Drama | B&W

Manhattan Love Song is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Leonard Fields.

SYNOPSIS
After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees live in their luxury apartment in lieu of paying the money they owe them.

Although sisters Geraldine and Carol Stewart live luxuriously in a Park Avenue apartment in New York City, their money has run out due to some bad business investments. Their servants, Williams and Annette, expect to be leaving, but the sisters invite them to remain as paying tenants. They agree, then surprise the haughty sisters by expecting them to share in performing the household chores.

Geraldine looks for work, but receives no offers except for a striptease act in a burlesque show. Williams is mistaken for a taxi driver by a wealthy tourist, "Pancake Annie" Jones from Nevada, who has come with her son Phineas to seek an entry into Manhattan high society.

Carol elopes with a rich acquaintance, Garrett Wetherby, which leaves Geraldine on her own, needing money. She accepts the job doing a striptease, but is arrested when the club is raided.

CAST & CREW
Robert Armstrong as Tom Williams
Dixie Lee as Geraldine Stewart
Nydia Westman as Annette
Franklin Pangborn as Garrett Wetherby
Cecil Cunningham as Pancake Annie Jones
Harold Waldridge as Phineas Jones
Helen Flint as Carol Stewart
Herman Bing as Gustave
George Irving as Kenbrook
Emmett Vogan as Doctor
Harrison Greene as Joe Thomas
Eddie Dean as Sam
Nick Copeland as Al Kingston
Tom Ricketts as Rich Man
Edward Peil Sr. as Employment Agent
Hal Price as Gil, Taxicab Driver
Frances Morris as Chorus Girl

Directed by Leonard Fields
Written by Cornell Woolrich (novel), David Silverstein
Produced by Trem Carr
Cinematography Robert H. Planck
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music by Bernie Grossman, Edward Ward
Release date April 30, 1934
Running time 73 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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