Man About Town

Man About Town

85 mins | Comedy, Music | June 29, 1939

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.

Man About Town

85 mins | Comedy, Music | June 29, 1939

Man About Town
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Paramount
Original title Man About Town
Directors Mark Sandrich
Writers Allan Scott, Zion Myers, Morrie Ryskind

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

Matty Malneck

as Matty Malneck

Cecil Kellaway

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Peggy Stewart

as Mary (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

as Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Wesley Barry

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Leon Belasco

as Arab Petitioner in Show (uncredited)

Wilson Benge

as Servant (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Dorothy Dayton

as Dancer (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

as Englishman (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Spectator Behind Lady Arlington (uncredited)

Harriette Haddon

as Dancer (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)

Charles Irwin

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

as English Bobby (uncredited)

Kay Linaker

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

as Waiter in Show (uncredited)

Adolph Milar

as Musselman

Leonard Mudie

as Gibson (uncredited)

Bert Roach

as Arab Petitioner in Show (uncredited)

Tiny Roebuck

as Abdul (uncredited)

Patti Sacks

as Jane (uncredited)

Clifford Severn

as English Bellboy (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

as Waiter (uncredited)