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September 1935 (UK) morePlot:
Mary, who is infatuated with her boss, discovers that he is having an affair with one of her coworkers... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Weak British comedy/romance stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... | Tony Woodward (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.) |
 | Laura La Plante | ... | Mary Briany |
| Claude Hulbert | ... | Lord Rufus Paul |
| Margaret Lockwood | ... | Vera Barton |
| Peter Gawthorne | ... | Mr. Barton |
| Donald Calthrop | ... | Godfrey |
| Morland Graham | ... | Mr. Rumcorn |
| Eve Gray | ... | Miss Madden |
| Margaret Yarde | ... | Landlady |
| Wyndham Goldie | ... | Jason Randall |
| Patrick Ludlow | ... | Roulette Player |
| Martita Hunt | ... | Roulette Player |
| Tony Hankey | ... | Party Guest |
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81 min (TCM print)Country:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Wide Range Noiseless Recording Sound System)Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers First National Studios, Teddington Studios, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UKFun Stuff
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This film had its U. S. television premiere on Turner Classic Movies on 17 September 2007 during TCM's festival of films made by Warner Brothers at Teddington Studios in the UK. moreSoundtrack:
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow moreFAQ
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MAN OF THE MOMENT is a trifle about an impetuous woman who decides to drown herself (LAURA LA PLANTE) and a man who happens to be driving by when she's floundering in the water (DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR.) Naturally, they fall in love after he dives in to rescue her.
But not too quickly. The man is engaged to a young woman (MARGARET LOCKWOOD) and this is just one of several obstacles. Fairbanks plays his role in debonair style with good humor and a sense of comic timing, but Laura La Plante is a bit ungainly as the ditsy young woman, in the sort of role Claudette Colbert would have played with charming ease.
The comic situations are pretty lame and the film only becomes worthwhile for watching DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JR. in an early role as the happily engaged man. MARGARET LOCKWOOD as his fiancé is even more of an airhead than La Plante and shows no particular skill for comedy in an irritating number of crying scenes.
Summing up: Screwball British comedy is a trifle easily forgotten.