Brief Moment

A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying completely dominates and is destroying their marriage.

Cast

Carole Lombard

as Abby Fane Deane

Gene Raymond

as Rodney Deane

Donald Cook

as Franklin Deane

Monroe Owsley

as Harold 'Sig' Sigrift

Arthur Hohl

as Steve Walsh

Irene Ware

as Joan

Theresa Maxwell Conover

as Mrs. Deane

Reginald Mason

as Mr. Deane

Jameson Thomas

as Count Armand

Florence Britton

as Kay Deane

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