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The Man and the Moment
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 7086 feet
Directed by George Fitzmaurice

Cast: Billie Dove [Joan], Rod La Rocque [Michel], Gwen Lee [Viola], Robert Schable [Skippy], Charles Sellon [Joan’s guardian], George Bunny [the butler], [?] Larry Banthim?

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] First National Pictures, Incorporated? / Scenario by Agnes Christine Johnston, with dialogue by Paul Perez, from the novel The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn. Costume design by Max Rée. Cinematography by Sol Polito. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 27 July 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP547]. Released 7 July 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 6539 feet), by [?] First National Pictures, Incorporated? The novel was previously filmed as The Man and the Moment (1918). / Full-sound film.

Comedy-Drama: Romance.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: FilmDaily-19290104 p. 12 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.