Child of Manhattan (1933) DVD-R

Starring Nancy Carroll, John Boles, Buck Jones, Jessie Ralph, Clara
Blandick, Betty Grable
Directed by Edward Buzzell

Print: black/white
Runtime: 70 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

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.