Man About Town (1939 film)
1939 film by Mark Sandrich
- July 7, 1939 (1939-07-07)
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Man About Town is a 1939 musical comedy film starring Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, and Edward Arnold.
Then-Sen. Harry S. Truman saw the movie in Washington, and wrote in a letter home to his wife that he enjoyed it.[1]
Plot
A producer tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women.
Cast
- 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 Anderson as Rochester
- The Merriel Abbott Dancers as Themselves
- Matty Malneck and His Orchestra as Themselves
- The Pina Troupe as Themselves
- Charles Coleman as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- Cecil Kellaway as Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Cliff Severn as English Bellboy (uncredited)
References
- ^ Frank, Jeffrey, The Trials of Harry S. Truman (Simon & Schuster 2022), p. xx
External links
- Man About Town at IMDb
- Man About Town at the TCM Movie Database
- Man About Town at AllMovie
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Films directed by Mark Sandrich
- Runaway Girls (1928)
- The Talk of Hollywood (1929)
- Melody Cruise (1933)
- So This Is Harris! (1933)
- Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men (1933)
- Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)
- Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- Top Hat (1935)
- Follow the Fleet (1936)
- A Woman Rebels (1936)
- Shall We Dance (1937)
- Carefree (1938)
- Man About Town (1939)
- Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
- Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
- Skylark (1941)
- Holiday Inn (1942)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- I Love a Soldier (1944)
- Here Come the Waves (1944)
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