New York State Writers Institute - Classic Film Series

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MANHATTAN MELODRAMA

April 27, 2000 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m.
Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue
(Free and Open to the Public)

(American, 1934, 93 minutes, b&w, video)

Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Starring Clark Gable, William Power, Myrna Loy

Two boyhood pals remain adults friends even though one is a gangster and the other a D.A. Circumstances eventually place them head-to-head on either side of a death sentence.