Review of The Mad Miss Manton (1938) by Dave J — 14 Jul 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014.
(1938) The Mad Miss Manton.
MYSTERY COMEDY/ ROMANCE.
The first of three entertaining films Barbara Stanwyck starred with fellow actor Henry Fonda. She plays, wealthy socialite, Melsa Manton who stumbled onto a dead body upon visiting someone's apartment. She then calls the police, but by the time they arrived the body was no where to be found with the press defaming her by accusing her that she made the whole thing up to get publicity for all her charity work. And it is Peter Ames played by Fonda that she plans to sue for a million dollars since it was his article. She then becomes eager to also involve 7 of her closest socialite friends to help her prove she wasn't making the whole thing up since they all do charity work too. Except that the person who's also tagging along with them is the person she's suing for a million dollars for libel who is Peter Ames himself who gets the help from the police. It's just one peculiar circumstance after another which the murder aspect of it is only there as a backdrop to the chemistry between Fonda and Stanwyck.
Because I liked Fonda and Stanwyck in "The Lady Eve" I felt that the chemistry was still the same in this one as well except that it's Fonda who is pursuing Stanwyck this time. And back in the early 1940's, news reporters used to work side by side with the police and the film makes great use of this type situation.
3 out of 4 stars.
This review of The Mad Miss Manton (1938) was written by Dave J on 14 Jul 2014.
The Mad Miss Manton has generally received positive reviews.
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