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Manhattan Cocktail
(1928) American
B&W : Eight reels / 6051 feet
Directed by Dorothy Arzner

Cast: Nancy Carroll [Babs Clark], Richard Arlen [Fred Tilden], Danny O’Shea [Bob Marky], Paul Lukas [Boris Renov], Lilyan Tashman [Mrs. Renov], Edwina Booth

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. Scenario by Ethel Doherty, from a screen story by Ernest Vajda. Choreography by Marion Morgan. Songs “Gotta Be Good” and “Another Kiss” by Victor L. Schertzinger. Cinematography by Harry Fischbeck. Montage sequence by Slavko Vorkapich. Intertitles by George Marion (George Marion Jr.). Edited by Doris Drought. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 21 November 1928 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP25858]. Released 24 November 1928. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film sound system. / Silent film, with [?] talking sequences?, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Crime: Forgery, Frame-ups, Murder - Criminals: Forgers, Murderers - Death: Murder - Synchronized sound film - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 9 July 2010.

References: Wakeman-World pp. 4, 8 : Website-IMDb.