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.A Man's Man on Broadway, 52nd Street Theatre, Oct. 1925-Jan. 1926; 120 performances 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.
Cast
William Haines as Mel Josephine Dunn as Peggy Sam Hardy as Charlie Mae Busch as Violet John Gilbert as Himself Greta Garbo as Herself Gloria Davenport as 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.
Preservation With no copies of A Man's Man located in any film archives,The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Man's Man it is a lost film.A Man's Man at Lost Film Files: MGM films - 1929
See also List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
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