Man About Town (1939)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Mark Sandrich

Writers:

Zion Myers (story)
Morrie Ryskind (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 July 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover...

Plot Keywords:

Revue | Comedian | Infidelity | Beautiful Woman | London England

Cast

Jack Benny	...	Bob Temple
Dorothy Lamour	...	Diana Wilson
Edward Arnold	...	Sir John Arlington
Binnie Barnes	...	Lady Arlington
Monty Woolley	...	Henri Dubois
Isabel Jeans	...	Mme. Dubois
Phil Harris	...	Ted Nash
Betty Grable	...	Susan Hayes
E.E. Clive	...	Hotchkiss, Arlington's Butler
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson	...	Rochester (as Eddie Anderson)
Merriel Abbott Dancers	...	Themselves, The Merriel Abbott Dancers
Matty Malneck	...	Matty Malneck, Orchestra Leader (as Matty Malneck and His Orchestra)
Matty Malneck's Orchestra	...	Matty Malneck's Orchestra
The Pina Troupe	...	Themselves, The Pina Troupe

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Goofs:

Continuity: Susan's hair style changes just before she leaves the house party.

Quotes:

Bob Temple: Use a little imagination, Rochester. What would you order if you wanted to make an impression?
Rochester: How about fish and chips and a couple of bottles of gin?

Soundtrack:

DANCE OF THE SULTAN'S WIVES

what a disappointment

I have always been a big fan of Jack Benny.I was looking forward to watching this film but what a letdown.It was desperately unfunny.There was absolutely no chemistry between him and his co stars.The musical numbers were poor and badly staged.The plot seemed to be a feeble rip off of A Damsel In Distress.Who thought that Edward Arnold was suitable casting as an English aristocrat?Jack Benny was very good in situation comedy but not really at physical comedy.The acrobat sequence is an embarrassment.Lamour is lacking any spark,maybe she was at her best in a sarong.The whole mess limps along to an ending that makes no sense at all.So as has been said elsewhere this makes "The Horn Blows at midnight"seem like a minor classic.