20th Century Fox
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Tales of Manhattan
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Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
- Original title
- Tales of Manhattan
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Jun 26, 2022 · via TMDB
A portmanteau of stories based around a formal dinner jacket that has been cursed by it's tailor... When it starts off it's travels at the home of debonair Charles Boyer, it seems to start to influence his rather complex life with Rita Hayworth before moving onto and into the lives of Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers and Cesar Romero. Once it has finished there, it becomes the property of aspiring composer Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester thence onto Edward G. Robinson; a down-on-his luck lawyer before finally being stolen and used in a heist that sees it end up the property of some very, very poor depression-struck African Americans. The coat is the thread (no pun, intended) linking the themes of greed, ambition, deceit, lies, love, aspiration and decency; but it also has some morals of it's own. As with many a talisman, it supports the good and delivers evil on those deserving - and the five stories, especially Laughton and Robinson's are short but engaging reviews of the aspirations and sins of it's owners. The Fonda/Rogers story is a bit far fetched, and a bit too too long, but the other four deliver a succinct, quite punchily written, message that make this an interesting anthology of the best and worst of us all.
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Charles Boyer
Paul Orman
Rita Hayworth
Ethel Halloway
Ginger Rogers
Diane
Henry Fonda
George
Charles Laughton
Charles Smith
Edward G. Robinson
Larry Browne
Paul Robeson
Luke
Ethel Waters
Esther
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Reverend Lazarus
Thomas Mitchell
John Halloway
Eugene Pallette
Luther
Cesar Romero
Harry Wilson
Gail Patrick
Ellen
Roland Young
Edgar
Marion Martin
Squirrel
Elsa Lanchester
Mrs. Smith
Victor Francen
Arturo Bellini
George Sanders
Williams
James Gleason
Father Joe
Harry Davenport
Professor Lyons
J. Carrol Naish
Costello
Frank Orth
Secondhand Clothes Dealer
Christian Rub
Wilson
Sig Arno
Piccolo Player
James Rennie
Hank Bronson
Harry Hayden
David
Morris Ankrum
Judge
Donald Douglas
Henderson
Mae Marsh
Molly
Clarence Muse
Grandpa
George H. Reed
Christopher
Cordell Hickman
Nicodemus
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Grandmother
Helene Reynolds
Actress
W.C. Fields
Professor Pufflewhistle (uncredited)
Phil Silvers
Salesman at Santelli's #1 (uncredited)
Marcel Dalio
Salesman at Santelli's #2 (uncredited)
Margaret Dumont
Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)
Rondo Hatton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Shantytown Man (uncredited)
Will Wright
Old Concertgoer (uncredited)
Boris Leven
Art Direction
Irene
Costume Design
Julien Duvivier
Director
Sam Spiegel
Producer
Ben Hecht
Writer
Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer
Ferenc Molnár
Writer
Ladislas Fodor
Writer
Lamar Trotti
Writer
Samuel Hoffenstein
Writer
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