Child of Manhattan (1933)
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
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as Madelaine McGonagle
as Paul Vanderkill
as "Panama Canal" Kelley
as Aunt Minnie
as Aunt Sophie
as Carlos Spumoni Bustamente
as Stephen Eggleston
as Mrs. McGonagle
as Buddy McGonagle
as Lucy McGonagle
as Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
as Dr. Schultz
as Chet Watson (uncredited)
as Dulcey
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