Manhattan Cocktail (film)

Manhattan Cocktail
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Dorothy Arzner
Written by	Ethel Doherty (script) George Marion Jr. (titles) Ernest Vajda (story)
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor
Starring	Nancy Carroll Richard Arlen Lilyan Tashman Paul Lukas
Music by	Victor Schertzinger (songs "Gotta Be Good" and "Another Kiss")
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 24, 1928 (1928-11-24)
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English

Manhattan Cocktail (1928) was a part-talkie film, directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, and Lilyan Tashman. At the time this movie was made, Hollywood was already making the transition of silent to sound, either making all talking movies, part talking movies, or silent movies with their own soundtrack and sound effects.

Preservation status

Manhattan Cocktail is a lost film except for a one-minute montage sequence, "Skyline Dance" by Slavko Vorkapich, which was released in October 2005 on the DVD Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894–1941.

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Another Kiss" that was composed by Victor L. Schertzinger. Victor Schertzinger also composed a song called "Gotta Be Good" that was also featured in the film.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

External links

• Manhattan Cocktail at IMDb
• Manhattan Cocktail at SilentEra