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Line 2: [[File:Manhattan_Melodrama_5769.jpg\|frame]] '''''Manhattan Melodrama''''' is a 1934 gangster picture starring [[Clark Gable]]. Taking place in [[New York City]], it's centered around the lives of two orphans raised as step-brothers, one of whom, Blackie Gallagher, grows up to be a gangster. The other, Jim Wade, becomes the ~~assistent~~assistant district attorney. [[Foil\|Despite being on opposite sides of the law]], they still care for each other. However, a [[Love Triangle]] and criminal happenings begin to put a strain on their relationship. So, essentially, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Mostly though, [[Pop ~~Culture~~Cultural Osmosis\|it's remembered because]] it was the movie [[John Dillinger]] had just seen before he came out of the theater and was gunned down by the FBI. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ * [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]]{{context}}▼ ~~=== Tropes appearing in this film: ===~~ ▲* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]] * [[Dirty Cop]]: They're happy to take bribes. * [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler\|Blackie dies.}} * [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Jim Wade * [[Love Triangle]]{{context}} * [[Parental Abandonment]] {{Needs More Tropes}} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Films of the 1930s~~{{PAGENAME}}]] ~~[[Category:Manhattan Melodrama]]~~ [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Films of the 1930s]]