Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (film)

Manhattan Merry- Go-Round is an American film comedy with musical numbers from 1937 that was directed by Charles Reisner after the eponymous musical by Frank Hummert for Republic Pictures.

Action

Tony Gordoni is a gangster. He buys the Associated Recording Company and enters into contracts with Ted Lewis, Kay Thompson and Cab Calloway. Tony's mother accuses him of being ashamed of his Italian origin. So he brings the singer Jerry Hart to bewitch the temperamental opera singer Charlizzini so they take pictures at Tony's studio. Jerry himself was taken by Tony under contract, which was of Jerry's girlfriend Ann Rogers, who works as a secretary for Tony, is convinced. However, the former nightclub singer Jerry can not make friends with Tony's plan.

Tony threatens Ann harming the evening of her wedding to Jerry something. While Ann is waiting in front of the church, Jerry meets with the opera star and can win them recording a new album. Charlizzini takes Jerry now hogging, standing in front of the problem, Ann not being able to describe his situation. The impresario Martinetti prohibits Charlizzini the recordings. Tony travels with her and Jerry on an estate on Long Iceland, where Jerry is to ensure that the journey as a kidnapping of the opera stars should look like. The release is to take place in return for the recordings. Martinetti agrees.

When the police shows up on the estate, Charlizzini admits that the abduction was faked to wrest Martinetti permission. In the studio back Jerry is confronted with Ann's defiance. She refuses to talk to him at all. As Charlizzini throws a tantrum, Jerry makes the dust. Tony's assistant Danny finds Jerry on the ranch of Gene Autry. Jerry sings along with Autry's band. Tony reached that the band makes shooting in his studio so versa Jerry back. Meanwhile Charlizzini and Tony fell in love. They clarify Ann over the past few days. Ann takes on a reconciliation speech and plays it before Jerry. Both couples hugging.

Criticism

Frank S. Nugent of the New York Times wrote in his review that the film was one of these, politely said, Musical movies, in which a tangle of banal stories together was forced to cancel virtually everything.

Awards

John Victor Mackay received a 1938 Academy Award nomination in the category Best Art Direction.

Background

The film premiered on November 26, 1937 its premiere.

Guest appearances had the bandleader Ted Lewis, Cab Calloway and Jack Jenney with her ​​ensembles, singer Kay Thompson, the singer Louis Prima, the radio host Ralph Edwards and the baseball player Joe DiMaggio. In small supporting roles are Moroni Olsen, Selmer Jackson and Joe King to see.

The title song was composed by Saul Chaplin ( melody ) and Sammy Cahn ( text). Another piece of Chaplin / Cahn was I'm a Musical Magical Man. Peter Tinturin and Jack Lawrence composed the pieces Have You Ever Been to Heaven, and I Owe You All Over Nothing at All. More songs were When My Baby Smiles at Me by Bill Munro and Ted Lewis, Minnie the Moocher by Cab Calloway and Irving Mills, Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm by Jerome Jerome, Richard Byron and Walter Kent and It 's Round Up Time in Reno by Gene Autry, Jack Owens and Jack Lawrence.

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