Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
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| Original title | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 89 minutes |
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| Director | Charles Reisner |
| script | Harry Clean |
| production | Nat Levine |
| music | Alberto Colombo |
| camera | Jack A. Marta |
| cut | Ernest J. Nims |
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is an American comedy film with musicals from 1937 , which was directed by Charles Reisner for Republic Pictures based on the musical of the same name by Frank Hummert .
action
Tony Gordoni is a gangster. He buys the Associated Recording Company and signs contracts with Ted Lewis, Kay Thompson and Cab Calloway. Tony's mother accuses him of being ashamed of his Italian origins. So he gets the singer Jerry Hart to bewitch the spirited opera singer Charlizzini so that she can record in Tony's studio. Jerry himself was signed by Tony, who was convinced by Jerry's friend Ann Rogers, who works as a secretary for Tony. Former nightclub singer Jerry, however, cannot make friends with Tony's plan.
Tony threatens to harm Ann on the evening of her wedding to Jerry. While Ann waits in front of the church, Jerry meets with the opera star and can get her to record a new album. Charlizzini now seizes Jerry, who is faced with the problem of not being able to describe his situation to Ann. The impresario Martinetti forbids Charlizzini to record. Tony drives her and Jerry to an estate on Long Island, where Jerry is supposed to make sure that the trip should look like a kidnapping of the opera star. The release is to take place in return for the recordings. Martinetti agrees.
When the police show up at the property, Charlizzini confesses that the kidnapping was faked to wrest Martinetti's permission. Back in the studio, Jerry is confronted with Ann's defiant reaction. She refuses to speak to him at all. When Charlizzini goes into a fit of anger, Jerry runs away. Tony's assistant, Danny, finds Jerry at Gene Autry's ranch . Jerry sings with Autry's band. Tony gets the band to record in his studio, and Jerry returns with it. Meanwhile, Charlizzini and Tony have fallen in love with each other. You tell Ann about the past few days. Ann records a reconciliation speech and plays it for Jerry. Both couples hug.
criticism
Frank S. Nugent of the New York Times wrote in his review that the film was one of those politely-named musical films in which a tangle of mundane stories was forced together that practically undermined everything.
Awards
John Victor Mackay received an Oscar nomination for Best Production Design in 1938 .
background
The film premiered on November 26, 1937.
The band leaders Ted Lewis , Cab Calloway and Jack Jenney with their ensembles, the singer Kay Thompson , the singer Louis Prima , the radio presenter Ralph Edwards and the baseball player Joe DiMaggio had guest appearances . Moroni Olsen , Selmer Jackson and Joe King can be seen in small supporting roles .
The title track was composed by Saul Chaplin (melody) and Sammy Cahn (text). Another piece by Chaplin / Cahn was I'm a Musical Magical Man . Peter Tinturin and Jack Lawrence composed the pieces Have You Ever Been to Heaven , I Owe You and All Over Nothing at All . Other songs were When My Baby Smiles at Me by Bill Munro and Ted Lewis, Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway and Irving Mills , Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm by Jerome Jerome, Richard Byron and Walter Kent and It's Round Up Time in Reno by Gene Autry , Jack Owens and Jack Lawrence.
Web links
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round in the Internet Movie Database (English)