To continue on my recent Myrna Loy/William Powell kick i rented Manhattan Melodrama. This film has another classic player in films Clark Gable. I do have to warn people that while this film does have some of the normal chemistry I have come to expect with any Loy/Powell combo, it is horribly sad. We are talking Disney level sad. Without giving too much away it starts with two young boys and several tragedies that happen to them. As adults Jim Wade (Powell) is on the fast track to being a great lawyer and political figure. He is everything you want in office, Honest and principled. While his boyhood friend Blackie (Gable) has taken a different path. Blackie is more of the charismatic, gambling, gangster, possible murder. Difficult situations arise and in the end it comes down to the choice of ethics or friendship.
It is a really well done film. I recommend it with a box of tissues. Though if your one of those people that don't like films because they are in black and white, well just give up reading this blog now, your beyond help.
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