The Mad Miss Manton
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The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy-mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as a socialite who investigates a murder that the police dismiss as a prank.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Mad Miss Manton canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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screwball comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | story by Wilson Collison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematography | Russell Metty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dialogueStyle | fast-paced witty banter ⓘ |
| director | Leigh Jason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedIn | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ |
| editor | Frank Magee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | socialite ⓘ |
| filmEra | Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
mystery
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screwball comedy ⓘ |
| hasFilmRatingSystemEra | Production Code era ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
amateur sleuth
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high society ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter | Barbara Stanwyck as Melsa Manton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Melsa Manton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Edward Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A socialite and her friends investigate a murder that the police initially dismiss as a prank. ⓘ |
| producer | Samuel Bischoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionStudioLot | Warner Bros. studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 21, 1938 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 80 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Philip G. Epstein
NERFINISHED
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Richard Bracken NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Barbara Stanwyck
NERFINISHED
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Frances Mercer NERFINISHED ⓘ Hattie McDaniel NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Fonda NERFINISHED ⓘ Penny Singleton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Ridges NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitney Bourne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1930s ⓘ |
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