A Man's Man (1929)
A new, different, stirring picture- a boy and a girl in the mazes of Hollywood.
An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.
- Date of release
- 1929-05-25
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- James Cruze
Casting
- William Haines — Mel
- Josephine Dunn — Peggy
- Sam Hardy — Charlie
- Mae Busch — Violet
- Gloria Davenport — Annie
- Greta Garbo — Greta Garbo
- Delmer Daves — Delmar Daves (uncredited)
- John Gilbert — John Gilbert (uncredited)
- John Miljan — John Miljan (uncredited)
- Fred Niblo — Fred Niblo (uncredited)
- Mary Nolan — Mary Nolan (uncredited)
- Norma Shearer — Norman Shearer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
A Man's Man is a 1929 American synchronized sound comedy 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. Greta Garbo and John Gilbert notably appear in a cameo. The film is believed to be lost, although the Vitaphone type sound discs exist and are currently held at the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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