One Rainy Afternoon
One Rainy Afternoon is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by Rowland V. Lee, starring Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino, and featuring Hugh Herbert, Roland Young and Erik Rhodes. It was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, with additional dialogue by Maurice Hanline, from the screenplay for the 1935 French film Monsieur SansGne by Emeric Pressburger and Ren Pujol, which was based on the story The Satyr by Pressburger. The film was reissued in 1948 as Matinee Scandal.
Meanwhile, the tabloids have made Phillipe into a national hero, and instead of his producer, Maillot Roland Young, firing the actor, he gets a raise. His new show will have him reenact the kissing incident, but on the day of the opening Moniques father has him arrested, only be released when Yvonne, who turns out to be the wife of the Minister of Justice, convinces him to allow Phillipe to do his performance, where Phillipe learns that Monique has taken the place of the actress with whom he was to reenact the kiss.One Rainy Afternoon was the first of a small number of United Artists sound films which were produced by its vicepresident, Mary Pickford, and the first film for PickfordLasky Productions. This film also marked Francis Lederers first starring role for the studio. ........
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