About this title: Roly-poly comedian Jack Oakie in a serious role? Yes, that is exactly what you get with Uptown New York, an otherwise humdrum melodrama from lower echelon company World Wide Pictures. Oakie plays Eddie Doyle, a gumball machine salesman who marries Pat Smith (Shirley Grey) knowing full well that the girl is on the rebound from a failed romance with aspiring Jewish doctor Max Silver (Leon Ames). But when Pat is nearly killed in an effort to protect her husband's gumball machines from hoodlums and is in need of a lifesaving operation, Eddie calls on Dr. Max and then nobly fades into the ...
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Description: Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, Leon Ames (as Leon Waycoff), George Cooper, Lee Moran, Raymond Hatton. New in new packaging. 1932 Run time: 80. A young man is forced by his family to marry a rich society girl instead of the poor girl he truly loves. Shocked, the destitute girl marries another as revenge. Based upon the story "Uptown Woman" by Vina Delmar. read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
DVD region: 1
Date: 12/18/2007
UPC:089218550293
Description: New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA; Attention UK customers, please use our UK account ImportCDsUK, thank you. read more
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