Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 black-and-white anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. Thirteen writers, including Ben Hecht, Alan Campbell, Ferenc Molnár, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Donald Ogden Stewart worked on the six stories in this film, three of which were released.
The stories follow a black formal tailcoat as it goes from owner to owner, in four otherwise unconnected stories.
The first is a love triangle between Charles Boyer, Thomas Mitc...
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Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 black-and-white anthology film directed by Julien Duvivier. Thirteen writers, including Ben Hecht, Alan Campbell, Ferenc Molnár, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Donald Ogden Stewart worked on the six stories in this film, three of which were released.
The stories follow a black formal tailcoat as it goes from owner to owner, in four otherwise unconnected stories.
The first is a love triangle between Charles Boyer, Thomas Mitchell, and Rita Hayworth. Boyer plays an actor who gives his finest performance when he's shot while wearing the jacket.
The second tale is a comic story featuring Ginger Rogers who finds a romantic love letter in her future husband's jacket. Her boyfriend (Cesar Romero) enlists his best man (Henry Fonda) to help bail him out. Things don't go as expected when Rogers becomes attracted to Fonda and dumps her boyfriend.
The third tale stars Charles Laughton. He plays a poor but brilliant musician whose one big chance at fame and recognition is in...
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