Tales of Manhattan Page #11

Synopsis: An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. As the 4 succeeding wearers of the coat discover, misfortune can often lead to truth.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Julien Duvivier
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.4
UNRATED
Year:
1942
118 min
149 Views


YOU MEAN HE PRAYED

FOR ALL THIS MONEY?

WE GOES AND FINDS OUT.

IF CHRISTOPHER DONE PRAYED

FOR ALL THIS MONEY,

THEN HE GETS:

ALL THIS MONEY.

WE PRAISES THE LORD

FOR WHAT HE GIVE US...

AND FOR WHAT HE GIVES

POOR OLD CHRISTOPHER.

COME ON, LUKE,

WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT.

GOOD MORNING,

BROTHER CHRISTOPHER.

GOOD MORNING,

BROTHER LUKE.

UH, BROTHER

CHRISTOPHER...

HAS YOU BEEN PRAYING FOR

SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS?

I'S GOT ALL I NEEDS.

WELL, BROTHER CHRISTOPHER,

IF YOU AIN'T PRAYED

FOR NOTHIN'...

I GUESS I CAN-

IT DONE COME:

TO ME NOW.

I'S PRAYED

FOR SOMETHING.

IS YOU SURE?

I SURE IS.

BUT YOU SAID YOU AIN'T.

THAT'S 'CAUSE

I DISRECOLLECT.

WHAT YOU ALL PRAY FOR?

I DONE PRAYED FOR...

I SAID, WHAT YOU PRAYED FOR,

BROTHER CHRISTOPHER?

WELL, BROTHER LUKE,

TO TELL THE TRUTH...

LOOK.

SEE?

I DONE PRAYED:

FOR A SCARECROW.

SAY THAT AGAIN.

SCARECROW.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY MEAN

WHEN THEY SAYS,

"THE LORD MOVES

IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS."

MAKE WAY FOR:

THE GLORY DAY:

NO MORE TROUBLE:

AND WOE:

THERE'S ANGELS FLYIN'

FROM THE SKY TO THE JUBILEE

IN OUR HEAVENLY HOME

HALLELUJAH,

WON'T YOU

MAKE WAY:

FOR THE GLORY DAY

GOOD TIMES:

COMIN' TO STAY

BROTHER, START JUBILEE,

AND YOU AND ME IS GONNA BE

HIS GLORY:

GLORY:

DAY:

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Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht (1894–1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write thirty-five books and some of the most entertaining screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. more…

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