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Man About Town is a 1939 musical comedy film starring Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, and Edward Arnold. The screenplay concerns a producer who tries to get his leading lady to take him seriously romantically by pursuing other women.

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Man About Town
Film poster
Directed by	Mark Sandrich
Written by	Zion Myers (story) Allan Scott (story) Morrie Ryskind (story and screenplay)
Produced by	Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Starring	Jack Benny Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold
Cinematography	Ted Tetzlaff
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 7, 1939 (1939-07-07)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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
• Eddie Anderson as Rochester
• The Merriel Abbott Dancers as Themselves
• Matty Malneck and His Orchestra as Themselves
• The Pina Troupe as Themselves
• Charles Coleman as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
• Cecil Kellaway as Headwaiter (uncredited)
• Cliff Severn as English Bellboy (uncredited)

References

External links

• Man About Town at IMDb
• Man About Town at the TCM Movie Database
• Man About Town at AllMovie

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