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Line 37: After the success of ''Dracula'', Manners worked for several years as a romantic leading man, and was most often seen in a tuxedo in romantic comedies and light dramas. ''[[The Last Flight (film)\|The Last Flight]]'' (1931) , a [[Lost Generation]] celebration of alcohol in Paris, and [[Karl Freund]]'s ''[[The Mummy (1932 film)\|The Mummy]]'' (1932) with [[Boris Karloff]] were two standouts. But by 1936 he had grown bored with Hollywood, and abandoned his film career. Manners never acclimated to Hollywood, which he found to be "a false place." Although he seemed to be immersed in the film community with his contributions (along with those of [[James Cagney]] and [[Eddie Cantor]], among several others) to the creation of the [[Screen Actors Guild]] in 1933, he returned to New York City. From 1936 to 1956, he lived near [[Victorville, California]] on a ranch, and then in [[Pacific Palisades, California\|Pacific Palisades]] and [[Santa Barbara, California\|Santa Barbara]] until his death. <ref>[''The Wonder Within You'' by David Morgan Jones, Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006), ISBN-10: 1412050138 ISBN-13: 978-1412050135]</ref> In 1940, he officially changed his name to David Joseph Manners and became a [[naturalized citizen]] of the [[United States]]. He returned to the [[theater]] where he worked regularly until his retirement in the 1950s. Appearing on Broadway, in summer stock, and on tour, Manners was cast in a variety of productions, some of which were ill-fated. Yet, the acclaimed actor [[Marlon Brando]], who was cast along with Manners in [[Maxwell Anderson]]'s ''[[Truckline Cafe]]'', said of his colleague, "I owe him my entire career."