Manhattan Cocktail (film)

Manhattan Cocktail
Theatrical poster
Directed byDorothy Arzner
Written byEthel Doherty (script)
George Marion Jr. (titles)
Ernest Vajda (story)
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringNancy Carroll
Richard Arlen
Lilyan Tashman
Paul Lukas
Music byVictor Schertzinger (songs "Gotta Be Good" and "Another Kiss")
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 24, 1928 (1928-11-24)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English

Manhattan Cocktail (1928) was a part-talkie film, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, and Lilyan Tashman. At the time this movie was made, Hollywood was already making the transition of silent to sound, either making all talking movies, part talking movies, or silent movies with their own soundtrack and sound effects.

Preservation status

Manhattan Cocktail is a lost film except for a one-minute montage sequence, "Skyline Dance" by Slavko Vorkapich, which was released in October 2005 on the DVD Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894–1941.[1]

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Another Kiss" that was composed by Victor L. Schertzinger. Victor Schertzinger also composed a song called "Gotta Be Good" that was also featured in the film.

See also

References

  1. ^ "#3—Light Rhythms: Melodies and Montages". Retrieved February 19, 2013.


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