Manhattan Merry-Go-Round is one of the typical musicals from this mid-1930s period where all the musical numbers are diegetic. Gangsters are running a music studio in this film, and so we get cameos from Cab Calloway and Kay Thompson (her stuff is weird) and Gene Autry (also weird). There is also a plot with an opera diva. Tamara Geva, who plays said diva, is this film's most outstanding feature. She's by turns adorable and terrible; she's smashing vases one minute and begging for love the next. It's an excellent performance, but the film she's in is pretty dumb.
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