Manhattan Melodrama

1934 film by W. S. Van Dyke, George Cukor

Movie Film Q533902

Facts

24 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: Academy Award for Best Story^[1]
Director: W. S. Van Dyke, George Cukor^[2]^[3]
Genre: crime film, drama film^[6]^[7]
Publication date: 1934^[30]
Screenwriter: Joseph L. Mankiewicz^[4]
Producer: David O. Selznick^[21]
Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story^[36]
Duration: +93^[38]
Cast member: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Nat Pendleton, George Sidney, Mickey Rooney, Leo Carrillo, Isabel Jewell, Jimmy Butler, Muriel Evans, Frank Conroy, George Irving, Noel Madison^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
Color: black-and-white^[28]
Composer: William Axt^[5]
Country of origin: United States^[29]
Director of photography: James Wong Howe^[23]
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Netflix^[31]^[32]
Distribution format: video on demand^[25]
Film editor: Ben Lewis^[35]
Main subject: capital punishment^[34]
Narrative location: New York City^[33]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[24]
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer^[22]
Production designer: Cedric Gibbons^[39]
Review score: 7/10, 81%^[26]^[27]
Title: Manhattan Melodrama^[37]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 52

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 4164
Academy Awards Database film ID: 722
Academy Collection film ID: W067333
AllMovie title ID: v31289
Allcinema film ID: 3713
AlloCiné film ID: 50461
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.5iathnud2p8tophypij7muqax
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 712725
Cinema Context ID: F001727
Cinematografo.it film ID: 2428
Cinematografo.it film ID (new): le-due-strade-lcz506uj
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 3748

Show all 52 identifiers +40

Douban film ID: 1296692
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/06F8-5373-4A78-EFB7-A1D9-P
Eiga.com movie ID: 51737
ElFilm film ID: 25418
Elonet movie ID: 183758
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Manhattan-Melodrama
FilmAffinity film ID: 173818
FilmPolski ID: 12084
FilmVandaag ID: film/17349
Filmová databáze film ID: 78641
Filmweb.pl film ID: 138043
Freebase ID: /m/0334jm
Garance item ID: 8388090
IMDb ID: tt0025464
ITunes movie ID: 1281370622
KINENOTE film ID: 1420
Kinobox film ID: 217075
Kinopoisk film ID: 15408
LUMIERE film ID: 247297
Letterboxd film ID: manhattan-melodrama
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 45163
Movie Review Query Engine ID: manhattan-melodrama-m100055244
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv1417
MovieLens movie ID: 65091
MovieMeter film ID: 9452
Moviepilot.de film ID: manhattan-melodrama
Netflix ID: 60010629
NientePopCorn movie ID: manhattan-melodrama
OFDb film ID: 25695
PORT film ID: 46370
Plex media key: 5d77685785719b001f3a98cf
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/manhattan_melodrama
Swedish Film Database ID: 28354
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 3488
TMDB movie ID: 28564
TV.com ID (archived): movies/manhattan-melodrama
TheTVDB movie ID: 42065
Trakt.tv ID: movies/manhattan-melodrama-1934
Trakt.tv film ID: 17839
ČSFD film ID: 24333

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 13

Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jimmy Butler, George Sidney, George Irving, Isabel Jewell +5 more

Director 2

George Cukor, W. S. Van Dyke

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre 2

drama film, crime film

Award received 1

Academy Award for Best Story

Color 1

black-and-white

Composer 1

William Axt

Country of origin 1

United States

Director of photography 1

James Wong Howe

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

capital punishment

Narrative location 1

New York City

Nominated for 1

Academy Award for Best Story

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

David O. Selznick

Production company 1

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production designer 1

Cedric Gibbons

Screenwriter 1

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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FAQs

What awards did Manhattan Melodrama receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Story^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — director (P57): W. S. Van Dyke. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — director (P57): George Cukor. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — screenwriter (P58): Joseph L. Mankiewicz. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — composer (P86): William Axt. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — genre (P136): crime film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — genre (P136): drama film. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Clark Gable. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-05-03. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): William Powell. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-05-03. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Myrna Loy. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-05-03. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Nat Pendleton. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): George Sidney. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Mickey Rooney. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Leo Carrillo. allocine.fr. Retrieved 2016-05-03. allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Isabel Jewell. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Jimmy Butler. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Muriel Evans. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Frank Conroy. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): George Irving. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-05-03. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — cast member (P161): Noel Madison. cinematografo.it. Retrieved 2016-05-03. cinematografo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — producer (P162): David O. Selznick. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — award received (P166): Academy Award for Best Story. oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — production company (P272): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — director of photography (P344): James Wong Howe. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — review score (P444): 7/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — review score (P444): 81%. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — color (P462): black-and-white. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — publication date (P577): 1934. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — distributed by (P750): Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — narrative location (P840): New York City. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — main subject (P921): capital punishment. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — film editor (P1040): Ben Lewis. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — nominated for (P1411): Academy Award for Best Story. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — title (P1476): Manhattan Melodrama. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — duration (P2047): 93 minutes. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Manhattan Melodrama — production designer (P2554): Cedric Gibbons. wikidata.org.

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Garance item ID → 8388090

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Academy Collection film ID → W067333

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Eiga.com movie ID → 51737

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Filmová databáze film ID → 78641

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Production designer → Cedric Gibbons

Publication date → 1934

Screenwriter → Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Duration → 93 minute

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