The Man and the Moment
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| Directed by | George Fitzmaurice |
| Produced by | Richard A. Rowland |
| Written by | Agnes Christine Johnston Paul Perez |
| Based on | story by Elinor Glyn |
| Starring | Billie Dove |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
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Production
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
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Release dates
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July 7, 1929 |
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Running time
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Man and the Moment is a formerly lost[1] 1929 part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. The film is mainly a silent film, with talking sequences as well as a synchronized music score and sound effects by the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Many scenes feature intertitles shown immediately after the spoken dialogue conveying the same words. 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.[2][3]
A restored and complete version of the film was screened July 4, 2015 at the Il cinema ritrovato festival in Bologna, Italy.[4] The film planned release on MOD DVD from Warner Home Video in 2016.
Cast
- Billie Dove - Joan
- Rod La Rocque - Michel
- Gwen Lee - Viola
- Robert Schable - Skippy
- Charles Sellon - Joan's Guardian
- George Bunny - Butler
References
External links
- The Man and the Moment @ IMDb.com
- synopsis at AllMovie
- DVD review of the recently restored The Man and the Moment
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