Manhandled
About Manhandled
Jimmy Hogan forgets a date with Tessie McGuire, a department-store clerk. She goes to a party at Robert Brandt's studio and makes a hit with impersonations. Arno Riccardi hires her to pose as a Russian countess in his dress shop. While she fends off suitors, Jimmy succeeds with an automobile invention. He comes back, sees her in expensive gowns, and calls her manhandled. He later accepts that she has not been passed around, and they reconcile.
Cast & crew
More about Manhandled
Allan Dwan directed and produced for Famous Players-Lasky. Paramount distributed it. Frank Tuttle wrote the scenario and Julian Johnson the titles, from Arthur Stringer's short story. Photography began on 18 February 1924. Famous Players-Lasky copyrighted it on 22 July 1924 as LP20414. The New York opening was on 27 July 1924 at the Rivoli Theatre. General release was 4 August 1924.
Themes
Look
Harold Rosson photographed the film at Famous Players-Lasky's Astoria studio.
Preservation
A print is recorded in the American Film Institute and United Artists collections at the Library of Congress.
Notes
- Gloria Swanson plays Tessie, Tom Moore plays Jimmy, Frank Morgan plays Arno Riccardi, and Ian Keith plays Robert Brandt.
- Lilyan Tashman plays Pinkie Doran.
- The picture was Ian Keith's first feature.
- Ann Pennington, of the Ziegfeld Follies, appears as herself and dances.
- Brooke Johns also appears as himself.
- A 1978 catalog of the AFI and United Artists collections at the Library of Congress is the source Wikipedia cites for a surviving print.
- Wikidata lists 75 minutes. The Wikipedia infobox lists 63, close to the 62-minute-41-second Commons file.
Scenes
- Tessie impersonates guests at Robert Brandt's studio party.
- Ann Pennington performs her specialty dance.
- Jimmy sees Tessie in the gowns from Riccardi's shop and accuses her.
Influenced by
- Manhandled (short story)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Manhandled (Dwan, 1924) (1080P).webm)
