Men Are Like That

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Men Are Like That
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Screenplay by George Kelly (play, "The Show-Off")
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Marion Dix
Starring Hal Skelly
Doris Hill
Clara Blandick
Charles Sellon
Helene Chadwick
Morgan Farley
George Fawcett
Cinematography Archie Stout
Edited by Verna Willis
Music by W. Franke Harling
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 22, 1930 (1930-03-22)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Men Are Like That is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Marion Dix, based on the George Kelly play The Show-Off , which had already been the source material for a 1926 silent film and which would subsequently be remade in 1934 and 1946. Men Are Like That stars Hal Skelly, Doris Hill, Clara Blandick, Charles Sellon, Helene Chadwick, Morgan Farley and George Fawcett. The film was released on March 22, 1930, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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