Child of Manhattan

Synopsis

Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.

Main Cast

Nancy Carroll

Madelaine McGonagle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

John Boles

Paul Vanderkill

Age : N/A | Popularity : 27%

Buck Jones

"Panama Canal" Kelley

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Jessie Ralph

Aunt Minnie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Clara Blandick

Aunt Sophie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Luis Alberni

Carlos Spumoni Bustamente

Age : N/A | Popularity : 19%

Warburton Gamble

Stephen Eggleston

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Jane Darwell

Mrs. McGonagle

Age : 87 | Popularity : 44%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Edward Buzzell
Writing	Screenplay	Gertrude Purcell Maurine Dallas Watkins
	Theatre Play	Preston Sturges
Editing	Editor	Jack Dennis
Camera	Director of Photography	Ted Tetzlaff
Department	Role	Name

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