Williamsburg Regional Library

Tales of Manhattan, Twentieth Century-Fox ; producers, Boris Morros, S.P. Eagle ; director, Julien Duvivier ; authors-screenplay, Ben Hecht, Ferenc Molnar, Donald Ogden Stewart, Samuel Hoffenstein, Alan Campbell, Ladislas Fodor, L. Vadnai, L. Georog, Lamar Trotti, Henry Blankfort ; associate producer, Sam Rheiner

Credits were supplied from: Film daily yearbook, 1943; AFI catalog, 1941-1950Playing time on release was 117-118 min., according to AFI catalog, 1941-1950, 93 min., according to Film daily yearbook, 1943Information in the legal records indicates that the first sequence was based on Marsall, a one-act play by Ferenc Molnar, which was performed as The field marshall in Budapest on October 19, 1929; the second sequence was based on a play entitled Sextette by Ladislas Fodor, the production dates of which have not been determined; and the rest of the sequences were based on original story ideasOriginally released as a motion picture in 1942

black and white

unknown

EX3iop3

Musical director, Edward Paul; original music, Sol Kaplan; art directors, Richard Day, Boris Leven; cameraman, Joseph Walker; editor, Robert Bischoff. Assistant directors, Robert Stillman and Charles Hall; additional director on W.C. Fields sequences, Mal St. Clair; dialogue directors, Don Brodie and Alan Campbell; set decorations, Thomas Little; props, Phil D'Esco; costumes, Dolly Tree, Bernard Newman, Gwen Wakeling, and Irene; orchestrations, Clarence Wheeler, Charles Bradshaw, and Hugo Friedhofer; vocal arrangement, Hall Johnson; sound, W.D. Flick and Roger Heman; makeup artist, Guy Pearce; unit manager, J.H. Nadel; production manager, William Koenig; Paul Robeson's vocal coach, accompanist and arranger, Lawrence Brown. Song: Glory day, music and lyrics by Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger. Music: Bacchanale moderne by Sol Kaplan

other

Full frame.

videodisc

Charles Boyer (Paul Orman); Rita Hayworth (Ethel Halloway); Ginger Rogers (Diane); Henry Fonda (George); Charles Laughton (Charles Smith); Edward G. Robinson (Avery L. "Larry" Browne); Paul Robeson (Luke); Ethel Waters (Esther); Eddie Rochester Anderson (Rev. Lazarus); Thomas Mitchell (John Halloway); Eugene Pallette (Luther); Cesar Romero (Harry Wilson); Gail Patrick (Ellen); Roland Young (Edgar); Marion Martin (Squirrel, Miss Gray); Elsa Lanchester (Mrs. Smith); Victor Francen (Arturo Bellini); George Sanders (Williams); James Gleason ("Father" Joe); Harry Davenport (Professor Lyons); James Rennie (Hank Bronson); J. Carrol Naish (Costello); the Hall Johnson Choir (themselves); Frank Orth (second-hand clothes dealer); Christian Rub (Wilson); Sig Arno (piccolo player); Harry Hayden (Soupy Davis); Morris Ankrum (Judge Barnes); Don Douglas (Henderson); Mae Marsh (Molly); Clarence Muse (grandpa); George Reed (Christopher); Cordell Hickman (Nicodemus); Paul Renay ("Spud" Johnson); Barbara Lynn (Mary); Adeline deWalt Reynolds (grandmother); Helene Reynolds (actress); Robert Greig (Lazar); Jack Chefe (Martelli the tailor); William Halligan (Evan Webb); Charles Williams (agent); Eric Wilton (Halloway butler); Connie Leon (Mary); Forbes Murray (dignified man); Buster Brodie (call boy); Frank Jaquet (musician); Will Wright (skeptic); Frank Dae (elderly man); Rene Austin (Susan); Frank Darien (grandpa); Dewey Robinson (proprietor); Tom O'Grady (latecomer); Alex Pollard (waiter); Joseph Bernard (postman); Don Brodie (whistler); Ted Stanhope (chauffeur); John Kelly (Monk); Lonnie Nichols (Brad); Charles Gray (Rod); Phillip Hurlic (Jeff); Alberta Gary (black girl); Charles Tannen (pilot); Esther Howard, Archie Savage, Rita Christiani, Laura Vaughn, Ella Mae Lashley, Olive Ball, Maggie Dorsey

1 videodisc (118 min.), sound, black and white, ; 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

858310956(OCoLC)858310956

DVD-R

024543885306

DVD