My Man (1928 film)

This article is about the film. For other uses, see My man (disambiguation).
My man

theatrical release poster
Directed by Archie Mayo
Produced by Edward Small[1]
Written by Robert Lord (scenario)
Joseph Jackson (dialogue & titles)
James A. Starr (titles)
Story by Mark Canfield (Darryl F. Zanuck)
Starring Fanny Brice
Music by (see #Songs
Cinematography Frank Kesson
Edited by Owen Marks
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
 December 15, 1928 (US)[2]
Running time
 99 minutes
Country United States
Language English (Intertitles and talking sequences)

My Man (1928) is a black and white part-talkie American comedy-drama musical film from Warner Bros. starring Fannie Brice and featuring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It was Fannie 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. At the time this movie was made there were still some silent movies in production and being released. It would not be until 1929 that talking movies would completely take over, but Warner Bros. had completely stopped making silent movies and switched to sound pictures by the end of that year, either part talking or full talking. Warners would also start making movies in color as well as sound movies.[3]

Plot

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 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.

Cast

Songs

Premiere Vitaphone short subjects

My Man premiered at the Warners' Theatre in Manhattan, New York City, on December 21, 1928.

Title Year
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

Film preservation

Visual elements of the film no longer exist (except still photographs), meaning that this motion picture is now a lost film. The full synchronized soundtrack (except the final reel) survives on Vitaphone discs, as well as the soundtrack for the theatrical trailer.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff (March 11, 1928) Actor Life Reads Like Alger Tale: Deno, Featured Dancer at Hillstreet, Italian Immigrant Years Ago" Los Angeles Times p.C28
  2. ↑ My Man at the American Film Institute Catalog
  3. ↑ "My Man" silentera.com

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