Man About Town

Man About Town (1939)


  • Genre: Comedy, Music
  • Release Date: 1939-06-29
  • User Rating: 4.5/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mark Sandrich
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Summary

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. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.

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  • 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 'Rochester' Anderson

    as Rochester

  • Matty Malneck

    as Matty Malneck

  • Cecil Kellaway

    as Headwaiter (uncredited)

  • Peggy Stewart

    as Mary (uncredited)

  • Norman Ainsley

    as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

  • Wesley Barry

    as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

  • Leon Belasco

    as Arab Petitioner in Show (uncredited)

  • Wilson Benge

    as Servant (uncredited)

  • Charles Coleman

    as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

  • Dorothy Dayton

    as Dancer (uncredited)

  • Herbert Evans

    as Englishman (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    as Spectator Behind Lady Arlington (uncredited)

  • Harriette Haddon

    as Dancer (uncredited)

  • Charlie Hall

    as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)

  • Charles Irwin

    as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

  • Colin Kenny

    as English Bobby (uncredited)

  • Kay Linaker

    as Receptionist (uncredited)

  • Alphonse Martell

    as Waiter in Show (uncredited)

  • Adolph Milar

    as Musselman

  • Leonard Mudie

    as Gibson (uncredited)

  • Bert Roach

    as Arab Petitioner in Show (uncredited)

  • Tiny Roebuck

    as Abdul (uncredited)

  • Patti Sacks

    as Jane (uncredited)

  • Clifford Severn

    as English Bellboy (uncredited)

  • Cyril Thornton

    as Waiter (uncredited)
Writing Morrie Ryskind Story
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Writing Morrie Ryskind Screenplay
Writing Zion Myers Story
Production Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer
Sound Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer
Editing LeRoy Stone Editor
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Directing Mark Sandrich Director
Art Robert Usher Art Direction
Writing Allan Scott Story
Art A. E. Freudeman Interior Designer
Camera Ted Tetzlaff Director of Photography
Sound Victor Young Music Director
Sound Richard Olson Sound Recordist
Sound Harold Lewis Sound Recordist
Sound Matty Malneck Original Music Composer
Sound Frank Loesser Original Music Composer

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