Manhattan (1924 film) - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Manhattan is a 1924 American silent romantic adventure film featuring Richard Dix in his first starring role. A wealthy New Yorker falls in love with a burglar's sister.

Cast

Richard Dix as Peter Minuit

Jacqueline Logan as Mary Malone

Gregory Kelly as Spike, Mary's brother

George Siegmann as Bud McGinnis

Gunboat Smith as Joe Madden

Oscar Brimberton Figman as Mr. Trapes

Edna May Oliver as Mrs. Trapes

Alice Chapin as Housekeeper

James Bradbury, Sr. as Trainer

Reception

Mordaunt Hall, critic for The New York Times, gave the movie a mixed review, stating that Kelly's "performance is easily the outstanding one in this production, and singularly enough it is the first time that he has acted before the camera." Hall thought, however, that Dix gave "just another motion-picture performance" and the narrative was "stretched to the breaking point."

Preservation status

A print of the film reportedly survives at Cinemateket Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.

References

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Cast

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