Manhattan Tower (1932) PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD

Opening..They took the jab!🫢

Poverty Row or not. One of the things that makes "little movies" like this is how the Directors and Cinematagraphers gave low budget films production value that kept them from looking cheap. The same can be said about Columbia around this time. Shooting in real locations instead of building sets was one of those things. The only area where "economy" showed was the sequence atop of the building where they tried to create a "sky" without a New York Skyline. If that were shot in reality, there would have been one.

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Didn’t the way they talked about the impressiveness of Empire State Building at the time remind you of how people described the World Trade Center? Eerie.

How is it that the one window washer talks about getting “the shot” for the ‘flu, when there were no vaccinations in the 1930s?

Mr. Burns, a precursor to the Simpsons Mr. Burns?? Great film!

Every time I watch this I find something new in it. And how true it is through more things change the more they stay the same. The guy with the newsboy cap and a speech impediment in the beginning may be familiar..he was never young I think😅. Thanks for showing it🎉

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It was something seeing Walter Brennan young!!

Great camera angles.

Everyone dressed immaculately.

I loved the use of the fade-in fade-out to suggest the elevator. It seems social mores have changed in almost a century, but not nearly enough!

Nj guy here, born in 1977, 46 years old, and 95% of my television watching is exclusively 1930s. And some 1940s. Always been fascinated with life back then. The 1930s definitely still remains Hollywood's greatest decade. ESPECIALLY 1939

Hello, timeless, thank u

SO 1932 must be the year the cloche hat disappeared :-)

47 mins. 'there are times when we must all put aside our privileges' followed by 'private fortunes are the nations strength'. 😂🤣 laughing all the way to the bank.🤑 Brilliant. You can see why they needed the Code.🤑

Why I'd smack any fella touching, let alone holding my girl's bicep. Kapow!

I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang!

Interesting camera work.. intriguing story

I adore the pre-codes... and now what do have of quality..... no-one need answer....

Geez! What a drama. That little twit started it all and didn't even know it. I love these old movies for the style, the clothes, cars, furniture and the way they talk. I was born 90 years too late, lol.🥺

Cute; Thank-You!

Sometimes, to get ahead, you must show your behind.

Those old art deco buildings are much older than stated & were built by a more intelligent & stronger civilization than ours, The fake history says they were all built in 1929 or near that time during the depression. Those people in that time had not the abilty or knowledge to build such structures.

Drunk guy messed up the movie 😵‍💫

Walter Brennen turned out to be a great character actor but a horrible racist who dance a jig when he learned Martin Luther King was murdered 😮

Really good movie with the funny corny parts mixed with some really good acting. Loved this movie, and thanks for the upload!♥

My mom grew up in the great depression and she always would tell me a dollar down and a dollar a week. That's how her mother would buy things.

Not very pleasant... but, I LOVE the ending! So many problems solved in one swift move.

This was great.almost better than the young and the restless😉

Now 2024, USA, New York is same poverty, bankruptcy and homeless.

This is So really good and enjoyable ! Loved it ! Very good acting, thank you so much for putting this on.

I loved all the cinematic cuts and swipes and different angle views. The women were great. The men were heroic-comical and the villain-comical-tragic. Entertaining but a dark look at human nature. And ends in a moment of poverty and hope.

What does precode Hollywood mean?

Very sad movie. Shows unconcern life of modern society

Wonderful hidden gem.

Good sauce, @PizzaFlix.

These pre code films are like diamonds.

Good movie

Great old movie ❤

I love pre code it’s much more real if the period

I also love the clothes - compared to how scruffy people are now

SUPER Feel Good Film!!!!!!! How I love Pre-Code NY movies!!! Great dialogue, timing, fashion and interiors. Love this to bits!! I subscribed, PizzaFlix!! Merry Christmas from Northern California !!!

I just love these old movies! I watch them all the time! They don't make movies like these anymore! 💖💖💖