
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.


“YOU'LL LIVE IT...YOU'LL LOVE IT!”
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.

John Beal
Dr. Ralph Sawyer

Florence Rice
Diana Wayne

Edward Norris
Dr. Frank Blake

Ward Bond
Barney Millen

Douglas Fowley
Joe Grant

Grady Sutton
Dr. Piper

Bill Shirley
Tom Wayne

Joseph Crehan
Judge Hoskins

Paul Porcasi
Montez

Russell Hicks
Supt. Duff
Doctors Don't Tell is a romance, drama, crime film released in 1941. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, it stars John Beal, Florence Rice, Edward Norris. Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for nightclub singer Diana Wayne and a difference over ethics.
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