My Man

My Man (1928)

FANNY BRICE in the SINGING-TALKING VITAPHONE PICTURE

Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, 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 to her unprincipled sister, Edna. Fannie auditions for Landau, 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.

Date of release
1928-12-15
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Archie Mayo

Casting

Interesting facts

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. According to the film review in Variety, 62 minutes of the total running time of 99 minutes featured dialogue. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.

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