| My Man | |
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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 |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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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] |
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.
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]
- ^ Staff (March 11, 1928), Actor Life Reads Like Alger Tale: Deno, Featured Dancer at Hillstreet, Italian Immigrant Years Ago" Los Angeles Times p. C28
- ^ My Man at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 7 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: My Man at silentera.com