Man of the World is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic drama directed by Richard Wallace and starring William Powell, Carole Lombard, and Wynne Gibson.

The story is about a young American girl who visits Paris accompanied by her fiancé and her wealthy uncle.

In Paris in the early 1930s, American Michael Trevor poses as a novelist but is actually a former newspaper man called Jimmy Powers who took the blame for some scam in the USA and chose to flee the country.

Michael tells Harold that he was behind the earlier scam and demands a further $10,000 or he will print a piece about his planned wedding to Mary.

After seeing how much Michael cares for Mary, Irene decides to instead get the money needed for her brother by selling her jewelry.

The New York Times critic Mordaunt Hall described the film as "a rather interesting but scarcely credible story ...