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Entries Tagged as 'Oliver H.P. Garrett'

Manhattan Melodrama (1934, W.S. Van Dyke)

September 14th, 2007 No Comments

It’s funny how obvious writers’ contributions can be in certain films. For instance, Joseph L. Mankiewicz very likely wrote some of the best scenes in Manhattan Melodrama and Oliver H.P. Garrett wrote some of the worst. The clue is the dialogue. Mankiewicz has distinctive dialogue, even in a film relatively early in his career, and […]

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