Floor show entertainment of the hotel roof and night club variety. A thread of story is built around the night club visit of a girl with her forbidden "date" while other members of her family also have a night out.


If you have twenty minutes to spare and love dusty 1930s dance acts, Roof Tops of Manhattan is a weird little time capsule worth pulling up. But if you want a real story with actual characters, you will probably hate this and turn it off after five minutes. 🍸 It is basically just a glorified variety show masquerading...
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"If you have twenty minutes to spare and love dusty 1930s dance acts, Roof Tops of Manhattan is a weird little time capsule worth pulling up. But if you want a real story with actual characters, you will probably hate this and turn it off after five minutes. 🍸 It is basically just a glorified variety show masquerading as a movie. The "plot"—if you can even call it that—is about a girl going to a fancy rooftop night club with a guy her parents probably do not approve of. The funny p..."
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