Francis Lederer
Karel Novak
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Romance in Manhattan: Directed by Stephen Roberts. With Francis Lederer, Ginger Rogers, Arthur Hohl, Jimmy Butler. Rejected as an immigrant because he doesn't have the required $200, a Czech immigrant jumps ship and is befriended by a chorus girl and becomes a taxi driver.
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- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Stephen Roberts
- 1935-01-11
Romance in Manhattan is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Stephen Roberts, starring Francis Lederer and Ginger Rogers, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Plot [ edit ] Karel Novak (Lederer), an incredibly naive Czech immigrant, arrives in New York with $58; but now he must have $200 or be sent back.
In the heartwarming 1935 romantic comedy Romance in Manhattan Francis Lederer plays Karel Novak, a wide-eyed illegal immigrant who makes his way to New York without a penny to his name. When he falls in love with beautiful chorus girl Sylvia (Ginger Rogers), Karel is determined to become a legitimate U.S. citizen so he can marry her and stay in ...
- Stephen Roberts, Dewey Starkey
- Francis Lederer
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- 73 min
Overview. Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him.
