Child of Manhattan is a play by Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges

Preston Sturges , originally Edmund Preston Biden, was a celebrated playwright, screenwriter and film director born in Chicago, Illinois...

, his fifth to be produced on Broadway

Broadway theatre

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 and his last for almost twenty years as his career took him to Hollywood. It was adapted into a film of the same name

Child of Manhattan (film)

Child of Manhattan is a 1933 Pre-code Columbia Pictures melodrama film based on the play of the same name by Preston Sturges, which was presented on Broadway in 1932...

, released in 1933 by Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

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, the second play of Sturges' to make it to the silver screen, after 1929's Strictly Dishonorable

Strictly Dishonorable (play)

Strictly Dishonorable is a romantic comedy play written by Preston Sturges and first produced on Broadway in 1929. It has been adapted for the screen twice, first in 1931, then again in 1951...

.

Broadway production

The Broadway production opened at the Fulton Theatre on 1 March 1932 and logged 87 performances, closing in May of that year. It was produced by Peggy Fears

Peggy Fears

Peggy Fears was an American actress, who appeared in Broadway musical comedies during the 1920s and 1930s before becoming a Broadway producer.-Theater:Leaving New Orleans at the age of 16, she attended the Semple School...

 and directed by Howard Lindsay

Howard Lindsay

Howard Lindsay was an American theatrical producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor. He is best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with...

.

The opening night cast included:

• John Altieri
  John Altieri
  John F. Altieri was an American singer and stage actor.Altieri was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School in 1987, where he became involved in school plays and acting. Altieri went on to receive his bachelor's degree in dramatic literature from Duke...
  
   as John Tarantino
• Franz Bendtsen as Lucinda, Limited
• Alexander Campbell as Doctor Charley
• Douglass Dumbrille
  Douglass Dumbrille
  Douglass Dumbrille was a Canadian actor and one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood.-Life and career:...
  
   as Panama C. Kelly
• Dorothy Hall as Madeleine McGonegal
• Jackson Halliday as Buddy McGonegal
• Maude Odell
  Maude Odell
  Maude Odell was an actress. Also known as Tillie Doremus, she was one of the United States' best-known stage actresses of the early 20th century....
  
   as Mrs. McGonegal
• Reginald Owen
  Reginald Owen
  John Reginald Owen was a British character actor. He was known for his many roles in British and American movies and later in television programs.-Personal:...
  
   as Otto Paul Vanderkill
• Jessie Ralph
  Jessie Ralph
  Jessie Ralph was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures....
  
   as Aunt Minnie
• Joseph H. Roeder as Eggleston
• Harriet Russell as Luthy McGonegal
• Ralph Sanford
  Ralph Sanford
  Ralph Sanford was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960.He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* In the Dough...
  
  as Spyrene
• Helen Strickland as Miss Sophie Vanderkill
• Elizabeth Young as Adelaide Vanderkill