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Manhattan Tower

  • 1932
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 7min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.3/10
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TU CALIFICACIÓN
Mary Brian in Manhattan Tower (1932)
CrimeDramaMysteryRomance

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaThe lives of a number of the workers and executives in a Manhattan skyscraper are affected by the actions of a philandering and crooked company boss.The lives of a number of the workers and executives in a Manhattan skyscraper are affected by the actions of a philandering and crooked company boss.The lives of a number of the workers and executives in a Manhattan skyscraper are affected by the actions of a philandering and crooked company boss.

  • Dirección
    • Frank R. Strayer
  • Guionistas
    • David Hempstead
    • Norman Houston
  • Elenco
    • Mary Brian
    • Irene Rich
    • James Hall
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  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.3/10
    304
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Frank R. Strayer
    • Guionistas
      • David Hempstead
      • Norman Houston
    • Elenco
      • Mary Brian
      • Irene Rich
      • James Hall
    • 10Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 2Opiniones de los críticos
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    Mary Brian
    Mary Brian
    • Mary Harper
    Irene Rich
    Irene Rich
    • Ann Burns
    James Hall
    James Hall
    • Jimmy Duncan
    Hale Hamilton
    Hale Hamilton
    • David Witman
    Noel Francis
    Noel Francis
    • Marge Lyon
    Clay Clement
    Clay Clement
    • Kenneth Burns
    Nydia Westman
    Nydia Westman
    • Miss Wood
    Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    • Mr. Hoyt
    Billy Dooley
    Billy Dooley
    • Crane-Eaton
    Wade Boteler
    Wade Boteler
    • Mr. Ramsay
    William A. Boardway
    William A. Boardway
    • Bank Executive
    • (sin créditos)
    Walter Brennan
    Walter Brennan
    • Mechanic
    • (sin créditos)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Young Mechanic
    • (sin créditos)
    Kernan Cripps
    Kernan Cripps
    • Inspector Ned Connors
    • (sin créditos)
    Oliver Eckhardt
    Oliver Eckhardt
    • Information Clerk
    • (sin créditos)
    Adolph Faylauer
    Adolph Faylauer
    • Elevator Passenger
    • (sin créditos)
    Eddie Foster
    • Crook
    • (sin créditos)
    Raoul Freeman
    • Janitor
    • (sin créditos)
    • Dirección
      • Frank R. Strayer
    • Guionistas
      • David Hempstead
      • Norman Houston
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    dougdoepke

    Entertaining Product of its Time

    Entertaining period piece, but little more. It's 1932 and neither banks nor the stock market are trusted, thanks to the financial crash of '29. On the other hand, the shots of Manhattan Tower resemble a soaring temple to the movie-makers confidence in both business and the future, despite the recent calamity. The tower shows level after rising level of bustling business people, also providing a good chance to catch ladies fashions of the day as they hustle in and out of offices. Too bad there's no glimpse of the impoverished masses that truly epitomize the age.

    The plot concerns the free-wheeling industrial executive Burns who's not above using other people's hard earned cash to float his own misbegotten investments. These shenanigans eventually culminate in a run on a cash strapped Tower bank and hardship for the workers. At the same time, Burns chases anything in skirts, his beleaguered wife be darned. So how will things straighten out.

    It's a low-budget, indie production with a largely lesser-known cast except for Bryan and Hall, and a few glimpses of an early Walter Brennan. The acting's okay, though, as others point out, the fistfight is amateurish, along with a cheaply done featureless sky in scenes from atop the tower. Also, the comedic scenes with the pill-popping secretary and the silly wandering drunk tell the audience that despite serious intent, it's only a movie after all. Besides, the occasionally clever innuendo provides all the chuckles needed.

    Overall, as a product of its time, the cheap flick succeeds importantly in giving us a one-sided glimpse of that stressed out time in a largely entertaining way.

    (In Passing-- in the year following this movie's release, namely 1933, Congress passed the New Deal's Federal Deposit Insurance legislation that insured bank deposits up to an elevated amount. The practical effect was to prevent 'bank runs' such as occur in the movie. Now depositors could rest easier if a bank got in trouble.)
    3cherold

    High ambition meets low competence

    I don't know what to make of the rave reviews of this movie on IMDB. They *all* praise the story, which is really awful.

    I wanted to watch this movie because of curiosity about the director, Frank Strayer. He directed the early movies in the Blondie series and he was surprisingly adventurous for a b-movie director (one entry was even a musical). I was surprised that someone with so much artistic ambition was so forgotten.

    Manhattan Tower may be a good explanation of why.

    The movie starts very well, establishing the hustle and bustle of a skyscraper, with workers and business people toiling away and with birds-eye looks at the hectic streets below. There are quirky and original shots, most notably the way traveling through the elevator shaft is used to indicate height in the building.

    Unfortunately, the movie is painfully dull, involving a bickering couple and a sleazy executive. The story is as thin as gruel, both unpersuasive and completely predictable (hence my confusion at the IMDB reviews). The acting is abysmal. The financial stuff is a bit unclear. The comic relief of the drunk guy and the pill-popping receptionist fails to work.

    This, perhaps, is the difference between someone like Lewis Milestone and someone like Frank Strayer. They both liked to play with the camera, but the former understood that trick shots are nothing if you don't have a solid story behind them.
    6boblipton

    Nearer the Top Than the Bottom

    Take some exterior and lobby shots of the Empire State Building. Add in some touches of Rockefeller Center. Blend plots from GRAND HOTEL and SKYSCRAPER SOULS, and sift out the more blatant Pre-Code elements and you've got MANHATTAN TOWER, a very pleasant little B movie.

    It's a well-constructed movie, with a goodly number of second-ranked players which focus around Clay Clement, a womanizing executive, Irene Rich as his wife, tired of his cheating and anxious to get a divorce so she can marry Hale Hamilton, who is also concerned about buttressing a shaky bank. Director Frank Strayer does a fine job of mixing major and minor characters, and cinematographer Ira Morgan of some offers some fine camera-work. Editor Harry Reynolds does some fine work, even though some of his cuts don't quite work; his moving wipes achieved by taking the camera up through floors gives the unfortunate sense that the shutter has stuck midway between frames. Once you get used to the effect, you'll likely admire the technique, while understanding why it didn't catch on.

    Nonetheless, it's a nicely concocted movie, with some good talent, including James Hall in his last movie, elegant Irene Rich (unfortunately slow in her line readings) and a stuttering Walter Brennan. It's by no means a great work, but it will pass an hour of your time very pleasantly.
    6AAdaSC

    Party still going on

    This is yet another story from 1932 about the lives of various people within a building. In this film, which borrows heavily from "Skyscraper Souls" (1932), the young lovers are played by Mary Brian (Mary) and James Hall (Jimmy) and they do a better job than their counterparts in "Skyscraper". Indeed both Mary and James don't have to learn to respond to a different name. It's been made easy for them by calling their characters Mary and Jimmy. I wonder if this was to help James and his drinking. It's sad to notice that he looks a fatter version of himself in "Hell Angels" two years previously. My wife and I both recognized his face but thought it must be a fatter actor that looks the same. Nope. Again, it is sad to learn of his drinking problem and fate and to then find out that this was also his final film. We both feel sorry for him and really like him now.

    As for the story, stick with it. The dialogue is funny in parts, the acting is fine and the director uses some interesting techniques. It's always interesting to see the period's fashions and there is even a zeppelin on show hovering above the tower. Noel Francis (Marge) makes good use of her role as the tarty secretary - check out her party dress - and secretary Nydia Westman (Miss Wood) has a funny scene when someone steals part of her lunch. The villain of the piece is played by Clay Clement. And his name in the film is Mr Burns. Just think of Mr Burns from "The Simpsons" and you've got a similarly heartless man at the top.

    However, it's a poverty row film and there are no real surprises to the tale. In the overall 'building' genre of films from 1932, this one sits in the middle. The best is "Skyscraper Souls" and the worst is "Grand Hotel".
    7Derutterj-1

    Obscure but good

    Surprisingly entertaining B-movie about intertwined lives during a typical day in a downtown office tower. The cast is attractive, and there's a suitably despicable villain who gets what he deserves. Starts out looking like it's going to be a Grand Hotel knock-off but only one story is covered. Later a hint of the bank run of American Madness is thrown in sketchily. Like other such contemporary lower case pictures with similar styles & themes (such as Hotel Continental from the same year, which really IS a Grand Hotel knock-off), it has no street exteriors --saving money -- and moves satisfyingly fast with second-tier actors showing their stuff. But this one is distinguished by a really unusual scene-changing device making use of the skyscraper's vertical architecture really well. Made by a no-name company with a Gower Gulch list of techs and creative talent behind the camera.

    I had no idea this type of production could be so good.

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    • Trivia
      One of a number of early 1930s films such as American Madness (1932) and Prosperity (1932) made on the subject of business corruption and banking practices in the wake of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the onset of the Great Depression. In many cases, when reviewing the screenplays of these films prior to production, the censors demanded that such films must instill "confidence in banking institutions" and "big business" in the average American. The studios begrudgingly obliged.
    • Citas

      Kenneth Burns: 'Brought that voucher for a thousand dollars?

      Mr. Hoyt: I won't take the responsibility. I can't.

      Kenneth Burns: Then you can take the consequences. You're through.

      Mr. Hoyt: I worked hard for you and the company.

      Kenneth Burns: Go on! Get out!

      Mr. Hoyt: Before I go, I want to tell you something. Everyone who works for you hates you. But they haven't the courage to tell you. Men like you always have someone in their employ whom they can torment and persecute. Someone weak and powerless who can't fight back. Someone like me. I suppose when you were a child, you pulled the legs of grasshoppers just to see them wriggle and squirm.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 1 de diciembre de 1932 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
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    • Productora
      • Remington Pictures
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      • USD 50,000 (estimado)
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      • Black and White
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