Manhattan Cocktail (1928)




Nancy Carroll, Paul Lukas - Manhattan Cocktail

Nancy Carroll, Paul Lukas - Manhattan Cocktail

Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen - Manhattan Cocktail




The title of this unusually arresting comedy-drama is precisely descriptive. A cocktail it is — stimulating, laugh inducing, pick-me-up with a kick. It is a fascinating review of New York's theater circle. Nancy Carroll is a restless little college "grad" with one eye on the stage. The young Greek drama assistant is mad about her, but she finds the pedestal on which he puts her more classic than comfortable, and decides to take a tumble. Shamelessly, she besieges a smart revue producer, who purposely misunderstands her ardor. From then on, she has to step high and fast to keep her job and elude her employer. The characters interwoven in her venture, Richard Arlen, as the college youth, Paul Lukas, as the jaded producer, and Libyan Tashman, his flirtatious wife, are all penetratingly delineated by Dorothy Arzner's ultra-sophisticated direction.

Photoplay December 1928



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Photoplay , December 1928
Photoplay , December 1928

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Paul L. Nemcek
The Films of Nancy Carroll
New York, 1969

Manhattan Cocktail
United States 1928

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Year: 1928
Country: United States
 
IMDb: 0019136