The Man and the Moment

The Man and the Moment
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Produced by	Richard A. Rowland
Written by	Agnes Christine Johnston Paul Perez
Based on	story by Elinor Glyn
Starring	Billie Dove
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Production company	First National Pictures The Vitaphone Corp.
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release dates	July 7, 1929
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Man and the Moment is a formerly lost^[1] 1929 part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. The film is mainly a silent film, with talking sequences as well as a synchronized music score and sound effects by the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Many scenes feature intertitles shown immediately after the spoken dialogue conveying the same words. The story is 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.^[2]^[3]

A restored and complete version of the film was screened July 4, 2015 at the Il cinema ritrovato festival in Bologna, Italy.^[4] The film planned release on MOD DVD from Warner Home Video in 2016.

Cast

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

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Films directed by George Fitzmaurice

1910s	Stop Thief! (1915) The Commuters (1915) At Bay (1915) New York (1916) The Test (1916) Arms and the Woman (1916) The Romantic Journey (1916) Kick In (1917) The Hunting of the Hawk (1917) The Recoil (1917) The Iron Heart (1917) Blind Man's Luck (1917) The On-the-Square Girl (1917) The Mark of Cain (1917) Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917) Innocent (1918) The Naulahka (1918) The Hillcrest Mystery (1918) A Japanese Nightingale (1918) The Narrow Path (1918) Common Clay (1919) The City of the Weak (1919) The Profiteers (1919) The Avalanche (1919) Our Better Selves (1919) A Society Exile (1919) The Witness for the Defense (1919) Counterfeit (1919)

1920s	On with the Dance (1920) The Right to Love (1920) Idols of Clay (1920) Forever (1921) Paying the Piper (1921) Experience (1921) Kick In (1922) To Have and to Hold (1922) Three Live Ghosts (1922) The Man from Home (1922) The Cheat (1923) Bella Donna (1923) The Eternal City (1923) Cytherea (1924) A Thief in Paradise (1925) His Supreme Moment (1925) The Dark Angel (1925) The Son of the Sheik (1926) The Night of Love (1927) Rose of the Golden West (1927) The Love Mart (1927) The Barker (1928) Lilac Time (1928) The Locked Door (1929) Tiger Rose (1929)

1930s	The Bad One (1930) Raffles (1930) The Devil to Pay! (1930) One Heavenly Night (1931) Strangers May Kiss (1931) The Unholy Garden (1931) Mata Hari (1931) As You Desire Me (1932) Rockabye uncredited Nana (1934) All Men Are Enemies (1934) Petticoat Fever (1936) Suzy (1936) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) Live, Love and Learn (1937) Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) Vacation from Love (1938)

1940s	Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

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