Brief Moment
{{short description|1933 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Brief Moment
| image = Brief Moment film.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = David Burton
| producer = Felix Young
| writer = Edith Fitzgerald
(adaptation)
Brian Marlow
(adaptation)
| based_on = {{based on|Brief Moment
1931 play|S.N. Behrman}}
| starring = Carole Lombard
Gene Raymond
| editing = Gene Milford
| cinematography = Ted Tetzlaff
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1933|09|29}}
| runtime = 69 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Brief Moment is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by David Burton and starring Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond. It is based on the 1931, play of the same name by S. N. Behrman.
Plot
Rodney Deane (Gene Raymond) is a rich playboy who falls in love with nightclub singer Abby Fane (Carole Lombard). Abby wants him to get a job, so he begins working for his father. She later finds out that he is not taking the work seriously and stills spends his days at the racetrack, so she leaves him. Rodney then changes his name and gets a real job. They are reunited by Abby's boss.
Cast
- Gene Raymond as Rodney Deane
- Carole Lombard as Abby Fane
- Donald Cook as Franklin Deane
- Monroe Owsley as Harold Sigrift
- Arthur Hohl as Steve Walsh
- Irene Ware as Joan
- Teresa Maxwell-Conover as Mrs. William Deane (as Teresa Maxwell)
- Reginald Mason as Mr William Deane
Reception
Brief Moment received positive reviews.{{cite book|author=Gehring, Wes D.|title=Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado|year=2003|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|publisher=Indiana Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0871951670|page=105}} It has been described as 'Capraesque'.Dick, Bernard F. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rg3Q5OcfeSEC&pg=PA110 The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures]. Lexington, Ky: Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1993. p. 110 Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times wrote, "An audience cannot help but be lured into a favorable reaction."{{cite book|author=Ott, Frederick W.|title=The Films of Carole Lombard|year=1972|location=Secaucus, New Jersey|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=978-0806502786|page=112}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0023842}}
- {{TCMDb title|69698}}
- {{AFI film|7481}}
Category:1933 romantic drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American romantic drama films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:Films directed by David Burton
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
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