A Man's Man (1929 film)

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A Man's Man
A Man's Man 1929 Lobby Card.jpg
Lobby card for the film
Directed by James Cruze
Written by Forrest Halsey
Based onA Man's Man
by Patrick Kearney
Produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Starring William Haines
Cinematography Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by George Hively
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 25, 1929 (1929-05-25)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUSA
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

A Man's Man is a lost [1] [2] 1929 synchronized sound 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. [3] Greta Garbo and John Gilbert notably appear in a cameo. [4] 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. [5]

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Cast

Josephine Dunn and William Haines in A Man's Man A Man's Man (SAYRE 14714).jpg
Josephine Dunn and William Haines in A Man's Man

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.

See also

References

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