Manhattan Cocktail (film)

1928 film

  • November 24, 1928 (1928-11-24)
Running time
72 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English

Manhattan Cocktail (1928) was a part-talkie film, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, and Lilyan Tashman. At the time this movie was made, Hollywood was already making the transition of silent to sound, either making all talking movies, part talking movies, or silent movies with their own soundtrack and sound effects.

Preservation status

Manhattan Cocktail is a lost film except for a one-minute montage sequence, "Skyline Dance" by Slavko Vorkapich, which was released in October 2005 on the DVD Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894–1941.[1]

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Another Kiss" that was composed by Victor L. Schertzinger. Victor Schertzinger also composed a song called "Gotta Be Good" that was also featured in the film.

See also

  • List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

  1. ^ "#3—Light Rhythms: Melodies and Montages". Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  • Manhattan Cocktail at IMDb
  • Manhattan Cocktail at SilentEra
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Films directed by Dorothy Arzner
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  • Ten Modern Commandments (1927)
  • Get Your Man (1927)
  • Manhattan Cocktail (1928)
  • The Wild Party (1929)
  • Sarah and Son (1930)
  • Paramount on Parade (1930)
  • Anybody's Woman (1930)
  • Honor Among Lovers (1931)
  • Working Girls (1931)
  • Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
  • Christopher Strong (1933)
  • Nana (1934)
  • Craig's Wife (1936)
  • The Bride Wore Red (1937)
  • Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
  • First Comes Courage (1943)


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