Young Man of Manhattan is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Monta Bell and starring Claudette Colbert, Norman Foster, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Ruggles.
Puff Randolph, an emancipated girl who pursues the journalist with her advances , creeps in between the two.
Young Man of Manhattan was based on Katharine Brush's story of the same name that was first published as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post.
[2] The film inspired the 1930 Vincent Youmans song "Say, Young Man of Manhattan" from his stage musical Smiles.
The song was performed by Ginger Rogers' future co-star Fred Astaire.