My Man (1928 film)
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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.
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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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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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] |
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.
- Fanny Brice as Fannie Brand (credited as Fannie Brice)
- Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Joe Halsey
- Edna Murphy as Edna Brand
- Andrés De Segurola as Landau
- Richard Tucker as Waldo
- Billy Seay as Sammy
- Arthur Hoyt as Thorne
- Ann Brody as Mrs. Schultz
- Clarissa Selwynne as Forelady
According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $1,099,000 in the U.S. and $119,000 elsewhere.[3]
- "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You" – Fred Fisher and Billy Rose
- "My Man" – music by Maurice Yvain, lyrics by Channing Pollock
- "Second Hand Rose" – music by James F. Hanley, lyrics by Grant Clarke
- "If You Want the Rainbow, You Must Have the Rain" – music by Oscar Levant, lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose
- "I'm an Indian" – music by Leo Edwards, lyrics by Blanche Merrill
- "I Was a Florodora Baby" – music by Harry Carroll, lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
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.
- Staff (March 11, 1928), Actor Life Reads Like Alger Tale: Deno, Featured Dancer at Hillstreet, Italian Immigrant Years Ago" Los Angeles Times p. C28
- Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- Progressive Silent Film List: My Man at silentera.com
- My Man at the American Film Institute Catalog
- My Man at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- New York Times feature
- My Man Soundtrack at Internet Archive
- My Man Soundtrack Trailer at SoundCloud