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Man of the Moment is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Monty Banks with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Man of the Moment (1935)

Man of the Moment
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Length 1h22
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Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy
Rating61% 3.0979053.0979053.0979053.0979053.097905

Man of the Moment is a 1935 British romantic comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Laura La Plante and Margaret Lockwood. It was made at Teddington Studios by the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. The film's art direction was by Peter Proud.

Synopsis

Office worker Mary Briany (Laura La Plante) finds out she is being demoted by the boss she secretly loves in order to make room for his girlfriend. She tries to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Tony Woodward (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is driving by and rescues her, much to her annoyance.

Actors

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

(Tony Woodward)Laura La Plante

(Mary Briany)Claude Hulbert

(Lord Rufus Paul)Margaret Lockwood

(Vera Barton)Peter Gawthorne

(Mr. Barton)
And :
Donald Calthrop
Morland Graham
Eve Gray
Wyndham Goldie
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