New York State Writers Institute - Classic Film Series

MANHATTAN MELODRAMA April 27, 2000 (Friday) at 7:30 p.m. Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue (Free and Open to the Public) (American, 1934, 93 minutes, b&w, video) Directed by W. S. Van Dyke Starring Clark Gable, William Power, Myrna Loy

Two boyhood pals remain adults friends even though one is a gangster and the other a D.A. Circumstances eventually place them head-to-head on either side of a death sentence.