My Man | |
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Directed by | Archie Mayo |
Written by | Robert Lord (scenario) Joseph Jackson (dialogue & titles) James A. Starr (titles) |
Story by | Mark Canfield (Darryl F. Zanuck) |
Produced by | Edward Small [1] |
Starring | Fanny Brice |
Cinematography | Frank Kesson |
Edited by | Owen Marks |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English intertitles |
Budget | $192,000 [3] |
Box office | $1,218,000 [3] |
My Man is a 1928 black and white sound part-talkie American comedy-drama musical film directed by Archie Mayo starring Fanny Brice and featuring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
This film was Brice's feature film debut at the age of 37. She was a star in the Ziegfeld Follies before she started acting in motion pictures. [4] Warner Bros. had completely stopped making silent movies by 1928 and had switched exclusively to sound pictures by the end of the year, producing synchronized, part-talkies or full all-talking pictures. In 1929, Warner Bros. would lead the way in making sound movies in color. [4]
Fannie Brand (Fanny Brice), an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams), a young fellow who earns a precarious living demonstrating an elastic exerciser in a drugstore window. Fannie and Joe set a date to be married, but the wedding is called off when Fannie finds Joe making love[ clarification needed ] to her unprincipled sister, Edna (Edna Murphy). Fannie auditions for Landau (Andrés De Segurola), a theatrical producer, and goes on the Broadway stage. Fannie is a great success, and she and Joe soon find their way back into each other's arms.
According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $1,099,000 in the U.S. and $119,000 elsewhere. [3]
All songs sung by Fanny Brice.
My Man premiered at the Warners' Theatre in Manhattan on December 21, 1928. [4]
Title | Year |
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Val Harris and Ann Howe in "The Wild Westerner" | 1928 |
Irene Franklin, the American Comedienne, with Jerry Jarnagin (piano) | 1928 |
Ann Codee and Frank Orth in "Zwei and Furtzich" | 1928 |
An incomplete version of this film reportedly survives. [4] In addition to this incomplete copy, the full synchronized soundtrack survives on Vitaphone discs, as well as the soundtrack for the theatrical trailer.