A Man's Man (1929 film)

A Man's Man
Lobby card for the film
Directed byJames Cruze
Written byForrest Halsey
Based onA Man's Man
by Patrick Kearney
Produced byMetro Goldwyn Mayer
StarringWilliam Haines
CinematographyMerritt B. Gerstad
Edited byGeorge Hively
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 25, 1929 (1929-05-25)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English intertitles

A Man's Man is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by James Cruze. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The film starred William Haines and Josephine Dunn. It was based on a Broadway play, A Man's Man by Patrick Kearney.[1] Greta Garbo and John Gilbert notably appear in a cameo.[2] The film is believed to be lost, although the Vitaphone type sound discs exist and are currently held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[3]

Cast

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "My Heart Is Bluer Than Your Eyes, Cherie" which was written by Al Bryan and Monte Wilhite.

Preservation

With no copies of A Man's Man located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ A Man's Man on Broadway, 52nd Street Theatre, Oct. 1925-Jan. 1926; 120 performances
  2. ^ Torsten; John (2005). "A Man's Man". Garbo Forever.
  3. ^ "A Man's Man". UCLA Library.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Man's Man
  5. ^ A Man's Man at Lost Film Files: MGM films - 1929 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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