DramaComedyRomance

Tales of Manhattan

- An Experience You'll never forget !

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Release Date : 1942-08-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Paul Orman

Original Name : Charles Boyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ethel Halloway

Original Name : Rita Hayworth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Diane

Original Name : Ginger Rogers

Gender : Female

Character Name : George

Original Name : Henry Fonda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles Smith

Original Name : Charles Laughton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Avery L. 'Larry' Browne

Original Name : Edward G. Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luke

Original Name : Paul Robeson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esther

Original Name : Ethel Waters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rev. Lazarus

Original Name : Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Halloway

Original Name : Thomas Mitchell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luther - Orman's butler

Original Name : Eugene Pallette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry Wilson

Original Name : Cesar Romero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ellen - Diane's friend

Original Name : Gail Patrick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edgar - Wilson's butler

Original Name : Roland Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Squirrel' Grey

Original Name : Marion Martin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elsa (Mrs Charles) Smith

Original Name : Elsa Lanchester

Gender : Female

Character Name : Arturo Bellini - Symphony conductor

Original Name : Victor Francen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Williams

Original Name : George Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe - Mission Aid Society

Original Name : James Gleason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Lyons

Original Name : Harry Davenport

Gender : Male

Character Name : Burglar - Robber #1

Original Name : J. Carrol Naish

Gender : Male

Character Name : Professor Pufflewhistle

Original Name : W.C. Fields

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Morris Ankrum

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secondhand Clothes Dealer (Rogers sequence)

Original Name : Frank Orth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cello Player (Laughton sequence)

Original Name : Christian Rub

Gender : Male

Character Name : H.R. 'Hank' Bronson (Robinson sequence)

Original Name : James Rennie

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Soupy' Davis (Robinson sequence)

Original Name : Harry Hayden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Tom Barnes (Robinson sequence)

Original Name : Morris Ankrum

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Hen 'Henderson (Robinson sequence) (as Don Douglas)

Original Name : Donald Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Molly (Robinson sequence)

Original Name : Mae Marsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandpa (Robeson sequence)

Original Name : Clarence Muse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christopher (Robeson sequence)

Original Name : George H. Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Nicodemus (Robeson sequence)

Original Name : Cordell Hickman

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Spud' Johnson (Robinson sequence)

Original Name : Paul Renay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary (Robinson sequence)

Original Name : Barbara Lynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence)

Original Name : Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Gender : Female

Character Name : Actress (Boyer sequence)

Original Name : Helene Reynolds

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Salesman at Santelli's (uncredited)

Original Name : Phil Silvers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Salesman at Sandelli's (uncredited)

Original Name : Marcel Dalio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mme. Langehanke (uncredited)

Original Name : Margaret Dumont

Gender : Female

Character Name : Party Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Rondo Hatton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited)

Original Name : Blue Washington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Concertgoer (Laughton sequence) (uncredited)

Original Name : Will Wright

Gender : Male

Character Name : Concertgoer (uncredited)

Original Name : Hazel Dohlman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Concertgoer (uncredited)

Original Name : Herschel Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reunion Guest (uncredited)

Original Name : Stuart Hall

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-26

A portmanteau of stories based around a formal dinner jacket that has been cursed by it's tailor... When it starts off it's travels at the home of debonair Charles Boyer, it seems to start to influence his rather complex life with Rita Hayworth before moving onto and into the lives of Henry Fonda, Ginger Rogers and Cesar Romero. Once it has finished there, it becomes the property of aspiring composer Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester thence onto Edward G. Robinson; a down-on-his luck lawyer before finally being stolen and used in a heist that sees it end up the property of some very, very poor depression-struck African Americans. The coat is the thread (no pun, intended) linking the themes of greed, ambition, deceit, lies, love, aspiration and decency; but it also has some morals of it's own. As with many a talisman, it supports the good and delivers evil on those deserving - and the five stories, especially Laughton and Robinson's are short but engaging reviews of the aspirations and sins of it's owners. The Fonda/Rogers story is a bit far fetched, and a bit too too long, but the other four deliver a succinct, quite punchily written, message that make this an interesting anthology of the best and worst of us all.