One Rainy Afternoon

One Rainy Afternoon
(Matinee Scandal)
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Directed byRowland V. Lee
Written byScreen story:
Emeric Pressburger
René Pujol
Screenplay:
Stephen Morehouse Avery
Add'l Dialogue:
Maurice Hanline
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Mary Pickford
StarringFrancis Lederer
Ida Lupino
CinematographyMerritt B. Gerstad
J. Peverell Marley
Edited byMargaret Clancey
Music byRalph Erwin (music)
Preston Sturges (lyrics)
Jack Stern (lyrics)
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • May 13, 1936 (1936-05-13)
  • January 1948 (1948-01) (re-release)
Running time
94 min.
80 min. (dvd)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$511,383 (est)
Box office$603,903 (world)

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 also marked the last film appearance by actress Florence Lawrence, who died in 1938, who had an uncredited bit role in the film. It was written by Stephen Morehouse Avery, with additional dialogue by Maurice Hanline, from the screenplay for the 1935 French film Monsieur Sans-Gêne by Emeric Pressburger and René Pujol, which was based on the story "The Satyr" by Pressburger.[1][2] The film was reissued in 1948 as Matinee Scandal.