Manhattan Moon (1935) User Reviews

I saw this at Cinecon 2022 in LA and it had its moments but a little too contrived.

[Larry41OnEbay-2 · 6/10 · 12 September 2022]

I believe this title was books to play at Cinecon because it was so rare. In fact there were no votes or comments on the IMDB. So I decided to post some notes for others who may never get the chance to see this scrace title. It turns out to be a little too contrived, but it has its moments. SPOILERS: Manhattan Moon is predicated on the notion that French songstress Yvonne (Dorothy Page) is so busy with her career that she has to hire a look-alike, Toots Malloy (also Dorothy Page) to take her place at social functions. While posing as Yvonne, Toots makes the acquaintance of the singer's boss, raffish but likeable self-made nightclub proprietor Dan Moore (Ricardo Cortez). As expected, Dan can't understand why the real Yvonne is so cool to his advances after the phony Yvonne was so receptive. By the time Dan has figured out who's who, he's fallen in love with Toots for herself rather than who she represents. The Universal Pictures typecasting system all but demanded that Henry Armetta and Luis Alberni appear in all of the studio's nightclub pictures; they do so here.