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Man About Town (1939 film)

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Man About Town
Film poster
Directed byMark Sandrich
Written byZion Myers (story)
Allan Scott (story)
Morrie Ryskind (story and screenplay)
Produced byArthur Hornblow Jr.
StarringJack Benny
Dorothy Lamour
Edward Arnold
CinematographyTed Tetzlaff
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 7, 1939 (1939-07-07)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Man About Town is a 1939 musical comedy film starring Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, and Edward Arnold.

Then-Sen. Harry S. Truman saw the movie in Washington, and wrote in a letter home to his wife that he enjoyed it.[1]

Plot

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A producer tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Frank, Jeffrey, The Trials of Harry S. Truman (Simon & Schuster 2022), p. xx
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