Comedy ·Music · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 25m

Man About Town

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Director
Mark Sandrich
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
Crew
Ted Tetzlaff — Director of Photography LeRoy Stone — Editor Friedrich Hollaender — Original Music Composer Matty Malneck — Original Music Composer Frank Loesser — Original Music Composer Morrie Ryskind — Screenplay
Synopsis

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.

Mood & Themes
infidelitylondon, englandcomedian
Key Collaborators
Mark Sandrich Director Ted Tetzlaff Director of Photography LeRoy Stone Editor Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer Matty Malneck Original Music Composer Frank Loesser Original Music Composer Morrie Ryskind Screenplay Morrie Ryskind Story Zion Myers Story Allan Scott Story Arthur Hornblow Jr. Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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