A Man's Man | |
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Forrest Halsey |
Based on | A 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 |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | USA |
Languages | Sound (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]
The film featured a theme song entitled "My Heart Is Bluer Than Your Eyes, Cherie" which was written by Al Bryan and Monte Wilhite.