David Manners
10 titles
Filmography
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The Death Kiss
(1932)The on-set murder of a gangster movie’s leading man sparks a police hunt for the killer with his co-star, director and studio head among the suspects.

The Moonstone
(1934)A cherished gemstone goes missing after its inheritance by a young lady; the mystery unravels as an inspector uses science to track the culprits.

Dracula
(1931)The ominous portrayal of Count Dracula by Bela Lugosi, combined with horror specialist director Tod Browning, help to create the film's eerie mood.

The Mummy
(1932)The legendary Boris Karloff stars as the mummy Im-Ho-Tep, a high priest who is revived by British archaeologists 3,700 years after being embalmed alive for trying to save the woman he loved.

The Black Cat
(1934)American honeymooners Joan and Peter Allison are held captive in a mausoleum against their will by a Black Mass high priest who has chosen Joan to be the Devil’s bride.

Hearts in Bondage
(1936)Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
Mothers Cry
(1930)They Call It Sin
(1932)A young Kansas girl who comes to New York to make it big in the chorus becomes involved in a love triangle and learns a lesson about show business in this "high class" film from the ribald 1930s. Loretta Young stars as Marion, a gifted songwriter who longs to hit the big time. When she falls in love with Jimmy (David Manners), she follows him to New York and luckily finds a job writing songs for Humphries, a tyrannical producer (Louis Calhern). But Jimmy is engaged to another woman (Helen Vinson) and Humphries has no intention of helping her with her career. She soon finds solace with Tony Travers (George Brent), a doctor whose ordinary life she welcomes with open arms.

The Greeks Had a Word for Them
(1932)
Roman Scandals
(1933)A kindhearted delivery boy from rural Oklahoma awakens in Ancient Rome, where he finds himself embroiled in a plot to kill the corrupt emperor.