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Brief Moment is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Burton released in USA on 29 september 1933 with Carole Lombard
Brief Moment (1933)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 september 1933
Length 1h11
Directed by David Burton
OriginUSA
Themes Films based on plays
Rating61%
Brief Moment is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film. It stars Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond, and is based on the play by S. N. Behrman.
Synopsis
Rodney Deane (Gene Raymond) is a rich playboy who falls in love with nightclub worker Abby Fane (Carole Lombard). Abby wants him to get a job, so he begins working for his father (Donald Cook). She later finds out that he is not taking the work seriously and stills spends his days at the racetrack, so she leaves him. Rodney then changes his name and gets a real job. They are reuinted by Abby's boss.Actors
Carole Lombard
(Abby Fane Deane)
Gene Raymond
(Rodney Deane)
Donald Cook
(Franklin Deane)
Monroe Owsley
(Harold 'Sig' Sigrift)
Jameson Thomas
(Count Armand)
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