Tales of Manhattan

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Tales of Manhattan (1942)

NR 08/05/1942 (US) Drama, Comedy, Romance 1h 58m

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Overview

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Julien Duvivier

Director
Ben Hecht

Writer
Donald Ogden Stewart

Writer
Samuel Hoffenstein

Writer
Alan Campbell

Writer
Lamar Trotti

Writer
Henry Blankfort

Writer
Ladislas Fodor

Writer
László Vadnay

Writer
Ferenc Molnár

Writer
László Görög

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Charles Boyer

Paul Orman
Rita Hayworth

Ethel Halloway
Ginger Rogers

Diane
Henry Fonda

George
Charles Laughton

Charles Smith
Edward G. Robinson

Avery L. 'Larry' Browne
Paul Robeson

Luke
Ethel Waters

Esther
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Rev. Lazarus
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Written by CinemaSerf on June 26, 2022

A portmanteau of stories based around a formal dinner jacket that has been cursed by it's tailor... When it starts off it's travels at the home of debonair Charles Boyer, it seems to start to influence his rather complex life with Rita Hayworth before moving onto and into the lives of Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers and Cesar Romero. Once it has finished there, it becomes the property of aspiring composer Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester thence onto Edward G. Robinson; a down-on-his luck lawyer before finally being stolen and used in a heist that sees it end up the property of some very, very po... read the rest.

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