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Their Mad Moment
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Wikipedia article
'Their Mad Moment' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by Chandler Sprague and starring Dorothy Mackaill, Warner Baxter and ZaSu Pitts. An uncredited Hamilton MacFadden also directed some scenes. It is based on the 1927 novel 'Basquerie' by Eleanor Mercein Kelly.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7846 Detail view of Movies Page], afi.com; accessed August 9, 2015.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170446/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/113164/Their-Mad-Moment/overview?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar Their-Mad-Moment - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes], nytimes.com; accessed August 9, 2015.Goble, Alan. "Their Mad Moment", The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Bowker-Saur, 1999. A Spanish-language version 'Mi ltimo amor' was also produced.
Synopsis
American Suzanne Stanley, short of money, takes her stepdaughter Emily to Biarritz in order to find her a wealthy husband. She pushes her towards the dull Englishman Sir Harry Congers, but Emily is drawn instead to a poor Basque boatman Esteban. She agrees to go with him to the mountains to meet his family, intending to live romantically for a few days to compensate for a lifetime with Sir Harry. She knows she cannot cope with the harsh, peasant life in the mountains, and slips away to Biarritz. He reappears on the day of the wedding and takes her away on a yacht for England, revealing that he has made a fortune in America.
Cast
* Dorothy Mackaill as Emily Stanley
* Warner Baxter as Esteban Cristera
* ZaSu Pitts as Miss Dibbs
* Nance O'Neil as Grand Mere
* Lawrence Grant as Sir Harry Congers
* Leon Janney as Narcio
* John St. Polis as Hotel Manager
* Nella Walker as Suzanne Stanley
* Mary Doran as Stancia
References
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