The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Country: US
Technical: bw 80m
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene
Synopsis:
Madcap debutante Melsa Manton discovers a body in a deserted mansion, which then disappears, triggering the incredulity and ridicule of the police and press respectively. Together with her girlfriends she investigates, and proves she is no prankster.
Review:
Quality RKO screwball with Stanwyck in fine form. The script takes sideswipes at everything from Communism to baseball, and Fonda makes a welcome foil, on loan from Walter Wanger.
Country: US
Technical: bw 80m
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene
Synopsis:
Madcap debutante Melsa Manton discovers a body in a deserted mansion, which then disappears, triggering the incredulity and ridicule of the police and press respectively. Together with her girlfriends she investigates, and proves she is no prankster.
Review:
Quality RKO screwball with Stanwyck in fine form. The script takes sideswipes at everything from Communism to baseball, and Fonda makes a welcome foil, on loan from Walter Wanger.
Country: US
Technical: bw 80m
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene
Synopsis:
Madcap debutante Melsa Manton discovers a body in a deserted mansion, which then disappears, triggering the incredulity and ridicule of the police and press respectively. Together with her girlfriends she investigates, and proves she is no prankster.
Review:
Quality RKO screwball with Stanwyck in fine form. The script takes sideswipes at everything from Communism to baseball, and Fonda makes a welcome foil, on loan from Walter Wanger.