Manhattan Melodrama Spies Aided by his loyal misshapen

Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant

• Historical audio essay with film historian and critic Rachael Nisbet

initially amused by Tom's arrival

Jerry Mathers

Manhattan Melodrama Spies Aided by his loyal misshapenThough bonded since their orphaned childhood in the New York slums, Blackie Gallagher (Clark Gable) became a notorious gambler, while Jim Wade (William Powell) became the city's D. A and the fianc of Blackie's former mistress (Myrna Loy). After Gallagher kills a whistleblower threatening Wade's gubernatorial run, the prosecutor finds a difficult course between friendship and duty. Powell and Loy's first screen pairing (and, yes, John Dillinger's last