Brief Moment (1933)A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him. Director:David Burton |
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Brief Moment (1933)A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him. Director:David Burton |
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Abby Fane
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Gene Raymond | ... |
Rodney Deane
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Donald Cook | ... |
Franklin Deane
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Monroe Owsley | ... |
Harold Sigrift
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Arthur Hohl | ... |
Steve Walsh
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Irene Ware | ... |
Joan
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Theresa Maxwell Conover | ... |
Mrs. Deane
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Reginald Mason | ... |
Mr. Deane
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Jameson Thomas | ... |
Count Armand
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Florence Britton | ... |
Kay Deane
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Herbert Evans | ... |
Alfred
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Edward LeSaint | ... |
Higgins, Office Manager
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A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him.
Gene Raymond and Carole Lombard, both 25, star in one of the abundant upper crust society pictures made in the early 1930s. Raymond is Rodney Deane, and brings singer Abbey Fane (Lombard) home to meet the family. Abbey is quite cordial to Deane's family, but they are less than enthusiastic to meet her, and things go downhill from there. Lombard had been in films, silents & talkies, for 10 years already, so she is a little more polished here. No real surprises in this one; they needed a comical sidekick, like Edward Everett Horton, or Eric Blore to spice things up. In this one, Abbey does have a sidekick "Steve" (Arthur Hohl) , but he has a small, bland part. She would also make Lady by Choice with Hohl, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith with G. Raymond. A pleasant little film, all neatly wrapped up in an hour & 10 minutes. The film production code must have kicked in already at Columbia Pictures, since it is scrubbed clean of any naughty lines or double entendres. Lombard even sings a song (as of today, its not listed in the "soundtracks" section yet.. anyone know that song?) Good to see performances by Lombard and Raymond, but it is light fluff, and the actors weren't challenged.