THE MAN AND THE MOMENT (1929) Billie Dove, Rod La Rocque & Gwen Lee | Romance | B&W | Retro Movie

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The Man and the Moment is a formerly lost 1929 sound part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film survives in a copy of the International Sound Version. The sound of the domestic part-talkie version was synchronized to the surviving print of the international sound version. Because of this, many scenes feature intertitles shown immediately after the spoken dialogue conveying the same words. The talking sequences on the international sound version were muted with music and intertitles were inserted to convey the dialogue replaced in the appropriate foreign language. Therefore, intertitles were left in the talking sequences during the restoration to maintain synchronization with the Vitaphone soundtrack. The story is from a 1914 novel 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.

Synopsis

Two young people get married for the wrong reasons, and after being chased for a day, they decide they belong together.

Cast & Crew

Billie Dove as Joan
Rod La Rocque as Michel
Gwen Lee as Viola
Robert Schable as Skippy
Charles Sellon as Joan's Guardian
George Bunny as Butler

Directed by: George Fitzmaurice
Written by:
Agnes Christine Johnston
Paul Perez
Based on: Story by Elinor Glyn
Produced by: Richard A. Rowland
Cinematography: Sol Polito
Production Companies:
First National Pictures
The Vitaphone Corp.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Release Date: July 7, 1929
Running Time: 75 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Sound (Part-Talkie) with English Intertitles