i like old movie but a few become outdated . so it be with manhattan melodrama . i do not see it in 1934 and i saw it last night while and the trouble be that almost anybody my age have see 1938 san francisco wherein clark gable once again play the semi bad guy call blackie and and the story be similar . the greatness of san francisco now dwarf this early one . the movie also suffer from have clark gable and merna loy and william powell in a romantic triangle . sorry and but none of the three have much magnetism however good their acting . most likely you would not ( like john dillinger ) be gun down while rent from the video shop and but just for luck why not play it safe and order this one on netflix .