---
title: 'Manhattan Melodrama (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'George Cukor'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/manhattan-melodrama-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025464/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

1934 · 93 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film, produced by MGM, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, that stars Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy. The movie also provided one of Mickey Rooney's earliest film roles. The film is based on a story by Arthur Caesar, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Story. It was also the first of Myrna Loy and William Powell's fourteen screen pairings.

## Credits

- **Director:** [George Cukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cukor), [W. S. Van Dyke](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-s-van-dyke)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Producer:** [David O. Selznick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-o-selznick)
- **Editor:** [Ben Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lewis)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe)

## Cast

- [William Powell](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-powell)
- [Jimmy Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-butler)
- [George Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sidney)
- [Frank Conroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-conroy)
- [Clark Gable](https://cinepixo.com/people/clark-gable)
- [Leo Carrillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-carrillo)
- [Nat Pendleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-pendleton)
- [Noel Madison](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-madison)
- [Mickey Rooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rooney)
- [George Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-irving)
- [Myrna Loy](https://cinepixo.com/people/myrna-loy)
- [Muriel Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/muriel-evans)
- [Isabel Jewell](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabel-jewell)

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