The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
- Directed by
- Leigh Jason
- Genre
- romantic comedy, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy young woman and her friends stumble onto a murder case. They investigate while an editor competes with them to solve the crime and win her affection.
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What happens
The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 American screwball comedy-mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behaving like irresponsible socialites. Ames is also after the murderer, as well as Melsa's hand in marriage. This was the first of three screen pairings for Stanwyck and Fonda, the others being The Lady Eve and You Belong to Me. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Trade Winds (1938)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.