Find Your Man

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Find Your Man
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Screenplay by Darryl F. Zanuck (credited as Gregory Rogers)
Starring June Marlowe
Rin Tin Tin
Cinematography Lee Garmes
Production
company
Release date
  • September 1, 1924 (1924-09-01)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$63,000 [1]
Box office$326,000 [1]

Find Your Man is a 1924 American silent action/melodrama film starring Rin Tin Tin and June Marlowe. It was directed by Mal St. Clair who persuaded Warner Bros. to hire his friend, Darryl F. Zanuck, to write the screenplay; this began a long association between Zanuck and Rin Tin Tin. [2] Filming took place in Klamath Falls, Oregon. [3] [4] [5] This film survives. [6] It was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions [7] in the 1950s and shown on television.

Contents

Find Your Man was promoted as “wholesome melodrama at its very best.” [8]

Plot

Paul Andrews (Eric St. Clair) returns home to the Pacific Northwest after combat service during World War I. During his absence he has lost contact with the girl he loves, Caroline Blair (June Marlowe). He embarks on a journey in search of her with his dog Rin Tin Tin (“Rinny”).

After hopping a freight train, they disembark in a lumber camp. Paul and Rinny rescue a young woman from the abusive mill boss, Martin Daines (Pat Hatigan). The girl turns out to be his sweetheart, Caroline. When a murder is committed, Paul is falsely accused: the only witness to crime is Rin Tin Tin, and the murderer determines to destroy the intelligent canine, who recognizes the true assailant. Caroline intervenes and saves Rinny. When Martin kills her stepfather, suspicion falls on Paul, but Rinny manages to extract a confession from the murderer. The faithful dog provides evidence at the Paul’s trial that exonerates his master, proving him man’s best friend. [9]

Cast

Reception

The Advertiser praised Rin Tin Tin for his “marvelous athletic stunts” and Eric St. Clair and Eric St. Clair and June Marlowe for their “exceptional skill” in portraying the young lovers. [5]

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $283,000 domestically and $43,000 foreign. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. Dwyer, 1996 p. 87-88: Zanuck was “St. Clair’s old friend from the Mack Sennett studios…” And p. 85: Dwyer calls it a “melodrama.”
  3. Dwyer, 1996 p. 113, p. 199: Filmography
  4. Mel Gussow, Darryl F. Zanuck: "Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking", Da Capo 1971 p 36-37
  5. 1 2 "Find Your Man". The Advertiser . Adelaide. December 20, 1924. p. 11. Retrieved October 27, 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  6. Progressive Silent Film List: Find Your Man at silentera.com
  7. 1957 Movies from AAP – Warner Bros Features & Cartoons – Sales Book Directed at TV
  8. Dwyer, 1996 p. 199-200: Filmography
  9. Dwyer, 1996 p. 199-200: Filmography, plot synopsis: “An action melodrama.”

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