Their Mad Moment

Their Mad Moment
Directed byChandler Sprague
Hamilton MacFadden
Written byLajos Bíró
Leon Gordon
John Farrow
Paul Perez
Lynn Starling
Based onBasquerie by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Produced byAl Rockett
StarringDorothy Mackaill
Warner Baxter
ZaSu Pitts
CinematographyDaniel B. Clark
Arthur L. Todd
Edited byAlex Troffey
Music byRichard Fall
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 12, 1931 (1931-07-12)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.[1][2][3] A Spanish-language version Mi último amor was also produced.

Plot

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

References

  1. ^ Detail view of Movies Page, afi.com; accessed August 9, 2015.
  2. ^ Their-Mad-Moment - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes, nytimes.com; accessed August 9, 2015.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan. "Their Mad Moment", The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. London: Bowker-Saur, 1999.


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