Manhattan (1924 film)

Manhattan
Lobby card
Directed by R. H. Burnside
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
Written by Paul Sloane (scenario)
Frank Tuttle (scenario)
Based on The Definite Object
by Jeffrey Farnol[1]
Starring Richard Dix
Cinematography Hal Rosson
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • October 28, 1924 (1924-10-28)
Running time
 7 reels
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Manhattan is a 1924 American silent romantic adventure film directed by R. H. Burnside featuring Richard Dix in his first starring role.[2] A wealthy New Yorker falls in love with a burglar's sister.

Cast

Reception

Mordaunt Hall, critic for The New York Times, gave the movie a mixed review, stating that Kelly's "performance is easily the outstanding one in this production, and singularly enough it is the first time that he has acted before the camera."[2] Hall thought, however, that Dix gave "just another motion-picture performance" and the narrative was "stretched to the breaking point."[2]

Preservation status

A print of the film reportedly survives at Cinemateket Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Manhattan at silentera.com
  2. 1 2 3 Mordaunt Hall (October 29, 1924). "The Screen; Fists and Bullets". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Manhattan
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Manhattan
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