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Music in Manhattan
“The Season’s Gayest Scandal!”
6.0 / 10• 1944• 1h 21m•NR• English
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Storyline
Frankie Foster and Stanley Benson are a pair of small-potatoes performers. Both try to make it to the big-time after winning an amateur talent contest. Though this leads them to a few professional gigs, something is missing from their act and they are not popular. Believing a little cash will boost their career, Frankie heads for Washington, D.C. to see if her wealthy father will help them. En route Frankie is mistaken for the wife of the well-known pilot Johnny Pearson and ends up in his suite having to pretend she is his spouse. When the pilot meets her, romantic sparks fly.
Cast & Crew
Anne Shirley
Frankie Foster
Lead
Dennis Day
Stanley Benson
Phillip Terry
Johnny Pearson
Raymond Walburn
Prof. Carl Roberti
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Pearson
Patti Brill
Gladys
Charlie Barnet
Himself - Orchestra Leader
NM
Nilo Menendez
Himself - Rhumba Band Leader
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John H. Auer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Music in Manhattan is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
