Man About Town (1939 film)
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Man About Town | |
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Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
Written by | Zion Myers (story) Allan Scott (story) Morrie Ryskind (story and screenplay) |
Produced by | Arthur Hornblow Jr. |
Starring | Jack Benny Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold |
Cinematography | Ted Tetzlaff |
Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Man About Town is a 1939 musical comedy film starring Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, and Edward Arnold.
Then-Sen. Harry S. Truman saw the movie in Washington, and wrote in a letter home to his wife that he enjoyed it.[1]
Plot
[edit]A producer tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women.
Cast
[edit]- Jack Benny as Bob Temple
- Dorothy Lamour as Diana Wilson
- Edward Arnold as Sir John Arlington
- Binnie Barnes as Lady Arlington
- Monty Woolley as Henri Dubois
- Isabel Jeans as Mme. Dubois
- Phil Harris as Ted Nash
- Betty Grable as Susan Hayes
- E. E. Clive as Hotchkiss
- Eddie Anderson as Rochester
- The Merriel Abbott Dancers as Themselves
- Matty Malneck and His Orchestra as Themselves
- The Pina Troupe as Themselves
- Charles Coleman as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- Cecil Kellaway as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Cliff Severn as English Bellboy (uncredited)
References
[edit]- ^ Frank, Jeffrey, The Trials of Harry S. Truman (Simon & Schuster 2022), p. xx
External links
[edit]- Man About Town at IMDb
- Man About Town at the TCM Movie Database
- Man About Town at AllMovie