In the title compound, C(26)H(19)N(3)O, the dimethyl-ene hydrazine (-C=N-N=C-) unit is approximately planar, the torsion angle around the N-N bond being 162.2 (6)°. The phenyl and benzoyl-phenyl rings at one end of the hydrazine unit are aligned at angles of 9.5 (5) and 88.5 (4)°, respectively, with respect to the hydrazine unit, whereas the benzene ring at the other end is twisted by an angle ...