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The Man and the Moment is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George Fitzmaurice released in USA on 6 july 1929 with Billie Dove

The Man and the Moment (1929)

The Man and the Moment
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Released in USA 6 july 1929
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating67% 3.365123.365123.365123.365123.36512

The Man and the Moment lost 1929 Part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. The film was mainly a silent film, with talking sequences as well as a synchronized music score and sound effects by the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The story is by Elinor Glyn, the famous novelist. The film was produced by Richard A. Rowland and released by First National Pictures. A British silent film had been film of the same story in 1918.

Actors

Billie Dove

(Joan)Rod La Rocque

(Michel)Gwen Lee

(Viola)Robert Schable

(Skippy)Charles Sellon

(Joan's Guardian)George Bunny

(Butler)
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