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One Rainy Afternoon

Director: Rowland V. Lee (Dir) Release Date: 13 May 1936 Production Date: began early Jan 1936 Duration (in mins): 75 or 79-80			Print this page Display Movie Summary

Cast:		Francis Lederer	(Philippe Martin)
	with	Ida Lupino	(Monique Pelerin)
	with	Hugh Herbert	(Toto)
	with	Roland Young	(Maillot)
	with	Erik Rhodes	(Count Alfredo Donstelli)
	with	Joseph Cawthorn	(Mr. Pelerin)
		Countess Liev de Maigret	(Yvonne)
		Donald Meek	(Judge)
		Georgia Caine	(Cecile)
		Murray Kinnell	(Theatre manager)
		Mischa Auer	(Leading man)
		Eily Malyon	(President of Purity League)
		Richard Carle	(Minister of Justice)
		Phyllis Barry	(Maillot's secretary)
		Lois January	(Mr. Pelerin's secretary)
		Seger Ellis	(The boy)
		Margaret Warner	(The girl)
		Lucille Ward	(Ernestine)
		Angie Norton	(Hortense)
		Emilie Cabanne	(Sidonie)
		Ferdinand Munier	(Prosecutor)
		Paul Irving
		Billy Gilbert
		Harvey Clark

Summary:

When debonair actor Philippe Martin attempts to meet his mistress Yvonne in a dark movie theater, he is mistakenly seated next to Monique Pelerin, the daughter of a wealthy newspaperman, who is engaged to Count Alfredo Donstelli. During the film, Philippe kisses Monique, and she publicly accuses him, causing the priggish President of the Purity League to exploit the incident as a scandal. In court, Philippe makes a case for French romance and is sentenced to only three days in prison. Philippe is released and discovers that Monique paid his fine. Although she says she did it only to avoid publicity, secretly she is attracted to him. The tabloids, meanwhile, continue to exploit the scandal, making Philippe enormously popular. After Maillot, Philippe's producer at the Savoy, fires him, Philippe returns to the theater with a considerable raise and meets Monique in order to return her money. At an ice skating rink, the couple repeatedly meets and again makes newspaper headlines. Philippe then meets his mistress Yvonne for the last time, but a picture of them kissing appears in the paper. Mr. Pelerin then warns Philippe to sever his ties with Monique and learns that she paid his fine. Hoping finally to bury the story, Pelerin has Philippe arrested the day of his show's opening. Yvonne, who turns out to be the Minister of Justice's wife, convinces Pelerin to release Philippe for that night's performance. As part of the show, Philippe is to reenact his romantic faux pas with his co-star, Clara. When he goes into the audience, however, he discovers Monique sitting in Clara's chair.

Production Company:	Pickford-Lasky Productions, Inc.
Distribution Company:	United Artists Corp.
Director:	Rowland V. Lee	(Dir)
	Percy Ikerd	(Asst dir)
Producer:	Mary Pickford	(Pres)
	Jesse L. Lasky	(Pres)
	Jesse L. Lasky	(Prod)
Writer:	Stephen Morehouse Avery	(Photoplay and dial)
	Maurice Hanline	(Addl dial)
Photography:	Peverell Marley	(Photog)
	Merritt Gerstad	(Photog)
	Ed Fitzgerald	(2d cam)
	Tom Dowling	(Asst cam)
Art Direction:	Richard Day	(Art dir)
Film Editor:	Margaret Clancy	(Film ed)
Costumes:	Omar Kiam	(Cost)
Music:	Ralph Irwin	(Mus)
	Alfred Newman	(Mus dir)
Sound:	Paul Neal	(Sd rec)
	Stanley Cooley	(Sd)
Production Misc:	Charles Woolstenhulme	(Prod mgr)
	Irving Sindler	(Props)
	Louis van den Ecker	(Tech adv on French backgrounds)
Country:	United States

Music:
Songs:	"One Rainy Afternoon," music by Ralph Irwin, lyrics by Jack Stern and Harry Tobias; "Secret Rendezvous," music by Ralph Irwin, lyrics by Preston Sturges.
Composer:	Ralph Irwin
	Jack Stern
	Preston Sturges
	Harry Tobias
Source Text:	Based on the French film Monsieur Sans-Gêne by Emeric Pressburger and René Pujol (Amora Films, 1935).
Authors:	René Pujol
	Emeric Pressburger

Copyright Claimant	Copyright Date	Copyright Number	Passed By NBR:
Pickford-Lasky Productions, Inc.	5/5/1936 dd/mm/yyyy	LP6331	Yes

PCA NO:	2092
Physical Properties:	b&w:
	Sd:	Western Electric Wide Range Noiseless Recording


Genre:	Romantic comedy
Sub-Genre:	with songs

Subjects (Major):	Actors and actresses
	Flirtation
	Paris (France)
	Reputation
	Romance

Subjects (Minor):	Debt
	Engagements
	Etiquette
	Fathers and daughters
	Judges
	Mistaken identity
	Mistresses
	Motion picture theaters
	Reporters
	Photographs
	Publicity
	Prudes
	Scandal
	Theatrical producers
	Theatrical troupes
	Trials
	Unemployment

Note:	A pre-production HR news item lists the title of the French play on which the film is based as M. Martin . Although onscreen credits refer only to an "original story" by Emmerich Pressburger and René Pujol, the film actually was based on their screenplay for the 1935 French film Monsieur Sans-Gêne , directed by Karl Anton. Ralph Irwin wrote music for both the French and American versions. Only Pressburger's last name appears on the screen. Although HR credits Arnold Pressburger as the screen story writer, biographic sources, as well as modern French film listings, suggest that Emmerich Pressburger was the true author. Pickford-Lasky Productions made its debut with this film. According to publicity, the interior of the famous Palais de Glace in Paris was reproduced in Hollywood studios for this film. Five thousand feet of synthetic, "hyposulphate" ice combined with twenty secret ingredients were boiled and hardened for twelve hours to create a noiseless skating surface. This film marked Francis Lederer's first starring role for United Artists. HR announced that Morrie Ryskind would be writing lyrics for the film, and he is listed as lyricist in early HR production charts, but his contribution to final film has not been confirmed. Production charts also include Mariska Aldrich and Ariane Borg in the cast, but no other source verifies their participation in the film. An anonymous contemporary source lists Edward Everett Horton in the cast, but that actor was not seen in the viewed print. An ad for this film calls Erik Rhodes' character "Count Alfredo Di Pignacelli Di Rostaganni." Seger Ellis and Margaret Warner appeared in the film-within-the-film. An ad in HR contains one page of thank-you's for studio executives who allowed stars under contract to them to appear in this film. The ad promises: "We are returning these artists to you with increased box office value." A modern filmography of director Rowland V. Lee states that he contributed to the film's screenplay.

Bibliographic Sources:	Date	Page
Daily Variety	23-Apr-36
Film Daily	27 Apr 36	p. 8.
Hollywood Reporter	2 Dec 35	p. 2.
Hollywood Reporter	13 Jan 36	p. 7.
Hollywood Reporter	22 Jan 36	p. 4.
Hollywood Reporter	23 Apr 36	p. 3.
Hollywood Reporter	24 Apr 36	pp. 4-14.
Hollywood Reporter	29-May-36
Motion Picture Daily	24 Apr 36	p. 8.
Motion Picture Herald	29 Feb 36	p. 26.
Motion Picture Herald	2 May 36	p. 47.
New York Times	14 May 36	p. 29.
New York Times	5-Jul-36
Variety	20 May 36	p. 12.

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