This Movie has two of the strongest ladies in acting in Rita Hayworth, and Ginger Rogers and then to have Charles Laughton and Henry Fonda what a cast Add Eddie Rochester Anderson one of the Best black actors of the time and what writing.
Tales of Manhattan is a 1942 American 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. Based on the Mexican writer Francisco Rojas González's novel, Historia de un frac ("Story of a Tailcoat"), which he was not credited for, the stories follow a black formal tailcoat cursed by a cutter as it goes from owner to owner, in five otherwise unconnected stories.
he tailcoat is custom made for renowned stage actor Paul Orman, who seeks to rekindle a romance with former flame Ethel, who is receptive. However, she is now married, and her husband John finds them together. John offers to show Paul his weapon collection, in particular his favorite hunting rifle. He deliberately loads it. Paul makes no move to escape and is shot by the jealous husband.
Cast
Charles Boyer as [Paul] Orman
Rita Hayworth as Ethel [Halloway]
Ginger Rogers as Diane
Henry Fonda as George
Charles Laughton as Charles Smith
Edward G. Robinson as [Avery "Larry" L.] Browne
Paul Robeson as Luke
Ethel Waters as Esther
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as Rev. Lazarus
Thomas Mitchell as [John] Halloway
Eugene Pallette as Luther
Cesar Romero as Harry [Wilson]
Gail Patrick as Ellen
Roland Young as Edgar
Marion Martin as Squirrel
Elsa Lanchester as Mrs. [Elsa] Smith
Victor Francen as Arturo Bellini
George Sanders as Williams
James Gleason as "Father" Joe
Harry Davenport as Professor Lyons
J. Carrol Naish as Costello
The Hall Johnson Choir as Themselves
Frank Orth as Second-hand Clothes Dealer
Christian Rub as Wilson
Sig Arno as Piccolo Player
James Rennie as Hank Bronson
Harry Hayden as David
Morris Ankrum as Judge
Don Douglas as Henderson
Mae Marsh as Molly
Clarence Muse as Grandpa
George Reed as Christopher
Cordell Hickman as Nicodemus
Paul Renay as "Spud" Johnson
Barbara Lynn as Mary
Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Grandmother (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
Helene Reynolds as Actress
Tales of Manhattan 1942
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Tales of Manhattan1942talesstoriesstorysmysterysanthologymysterydramathrillerCharles BoyerRita HayworthGinger RogersHenry FondaCharles LaughtonEdward G. RobinsonPaul RobesonEthel WatersEddie Rochester AndersonThomas MitchellEugene PalletteCesar RomeroGail PatrickRoland YoungMarion MartinElsa LanchesterVictor FrancenGeorge SandersJames GleasonHarry DavenportJ. Carrol NaishFrank OrthChristian RubSig Arno