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Movie

Manhattan Melodrama

Released: May 4, 1934 (1934)

Runtime: 93 minutes

Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

George Sidney as Poppa Rosen
Age at release: 58
Leo Carrillo as Father Joe
Age at release: 53
Thomas E. Jackson as Asst. Dist. Atty. Richard Snow
Age at release: 47
William Powell as Jim Wade
Age at release: 41
Nat Pendleton as Spud
Age at release: 38
Isabelle Keith as Miss Adams
Age at release: 35
Clark Gable as Edward J. 'Blackie' Gallagher
Age at release: 33
Myrna Loy as Eleanor Packer
Age at release: 28
Isabel Jewell as Annabelle
Age at release: 26
Muriel Evans as Tootsie Malone
Age at release: 23

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Oscar Apfel as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
William Arnold as Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
Curtis Benton as Announcer (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
William Bailey as Al Barnes (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
Frank Conroy as Blackie's Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
Charles Dunbar as Panhandler (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
Vernon Dent as Otto (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
Pat Moriarity as Trotsky Heckler (uncredited)
Age at release: 38
Noel Madison as Manny Arnold
Age at release: 37
Jay Eaton as Drunk (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson as Uncle Angus (uncredited)
Age at release: 33
John Bleifer as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Age at release: 32
Leonid Kinskey as Trotskyite Slapping Poppa Rosen
Age at release: 31
Shirley Ross as Singer in Cotton Club
Age at release: 21
Wesley Giraud as Tough Boy (uncredited)
Age at release: 15
Donald Haines as Young Spud (uncredited)
Age at release: 14
Jimmy Butler as Jim Wade as a Boy
Age at release: 13
Mickey Rooney as Blackie as a Boy
Age at release: 13
John Marston as Mr. Coates (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Leo Lance as Leon Trotsky (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown