A Man's Man (1929 film)

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A Man's Man
Lobby card for the film
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
Release date	May 25, 1929 (1929-05-25)
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]

Cast

William Haines - Mel
Josephine Dunn - Peggy
Sam Hardy - Charlie
Mae Busch - Violet
John Gilbert - Himself
Greta Garbo - Herself
Gloria Davenport - Annie
Delmer Daves (uncredited)
Fred Niblo (uncredited)

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.

References

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

External links

A Man's Man at IMDb
A Man's Man at AllMovie

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