
Manhattan Melodrama(1934)
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.


“The FIRST Great Spectacle of Modern Times.”
A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.

Charles Bickford
Louis Garrett

Richard Cromwell
Steve Smith

Judith Allen
Gay Merrick

Bradley Page
Toledo

Harry Green
Herman

Ben Alexander
Morry Dover

Edward Nugent
Don Merrick
Lester Arnold
Sam Weber

Charles Middleton
District Attorney

George Barbier
Judge Maguire
This Day and Age is a crime, drama, romance film released in 1933 exploring themes of pre-code. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, it stars Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell, Judith Allen. A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.
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