Brief Moment (1933)

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A dissolute rich society boy marries a worldly nightclub singer, and she begins to have a wholly unexpected effect on him.

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  • Carole Lombard in Brief Moment (1933)
  • Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)
  • Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)
  • Carole Lombard in Brief Moment (1933)
  • Carole Lombard in Brief Moment (1933)
  • Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond in Brief Moment (1933)

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16 September 2017 | bkoganbing
5
| Wastrel
Brief Moment stars Carole Lombard and in this film she is gets married to wealthy Gene Raymond who has a nice arrangement with his father Reginald Mason and brother Donald Cook. Dad makes the money and the two of them spend it. Lombard is a nightclub singer who falls for Raymond, but tries to reform him.

Back in the day a character like Raymond was called a wastrel. It's a 19th century word I wish would come back into common usage describing someone who just wants to have a good time and nothing else. They also are wealthy enough to see it works out that way.

During a time when a quarter of the country was out of work such people were really looked down on. Lombard thinks Raymond has abilities but he won't use them. The crux of the story.

One character does stand out that of Monroe Owsley as Raymond's best friend and fellow partygoer. He's a real piece of work.

Brief Moment is a Depression Era story that probably would not work well with a contemporary audience. It's a museum piece of a film.

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Trivia

In an early bit of dialogue, Gene Raymond's character listens to his parents say he shouldn't marry a blues singer, and he replies, "Whom should I marry - Schumann-Heink?," referring to a famous opera singer who had just retired in 1932. Ironically, when Raymond himself married in 1937 his bride was an opera singer as well as a movie star: Jeanette MacDonald.

Quotes

Rodney Deane: Here, we're going out.
Abby Fane: Going out?
Rodney Deane: Yeah, the whole family's waiting for us.

Goofs

In the montage showing Abby and Rodney living the high life after they are married, the image of William Deane signing Rodney's $4000 allowance check with the same date (October 15th, 1932), and the same check number is used twice, even though several months have supposedly passed between checks.

Soundtracks

Say What You Mean, and Mean What You're Saying to Me
(uncredited)
Written by Gerald Marks and Joe Young
Performed by Carole Lombard

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Plot Summary

Genres

Drama | Music | Romance

Details

Release Date:

29 September 1933

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

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