Her Man (1930 film)
Her Man | |
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![]() Ricardo Cortez and Helen Twelvetrees | |
Directed by | Tay Garnett |
Written by | Tom Buckingham |
Story by | Tay Garnett Howard Higgin |
Produced by | E. B. Derr |
Starring | Phillips Holmes Helen Twelvetrees Marjorie Rambeau |
Cinematography | Edward Snyder |
Edited by | Doane Harrison Joseph Kane |
Music by | Josiah Zuro |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Her Man is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange and directed by Tay Garnett.[1] It starred Phillips Holmes, Helen Twelvetrees and Marjorie Rambeau. The film is inspired by the ballad Frankie and Johnny.[2][3]
At least one copy is preserved at the Library of Congress.[4] The original camera negative, rediscovered in the 2010s, has been scanned and restored at 4K resolution by Sony Pictures Entertainment, in partnership with the Film Foundation and RT features.[5]
Plot[]
A Havana prostitute (Twelvetrees) with a sadistic "protector" (Cortez) falls for a young sailor (Holmes).
Cast[]
- Helen Twelvetrees as Frankie Keefe
- Phillips Holmes as Dan Keefe
- Marjorie Rambeau as Annie
- James Gleason as Steve
- Ricardo Cortez as Johnnie
- Harry Sweet as Eddie
- Slim Summerville as The Swede
- Thelma Todd as Nelly
- Franklin Pangborn as Sport
- Stanley Fields as Al
- Matthew Betz as Red
- Mike Donlin as Bartender
- George Chandler as Barfly
Reception[]
Writing in The New York Times on the release of a restored version of the film, the critic J. Hoberman says that the film was well received when it was released and that it was a favorite of Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque Française. Hoberman calls out the use of tracking shots in the film,[3] as also does Farran Smith Nehme in Film Comment.[6] The MOMA film curator David Kehr called the "constantly moving camera" 10 years ahead of its time.[7] Nehme describes the film as a "brawling, sleazy pre-Code" and that Garnet successfully "weaves in tenderness" into what is also a romantic film.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ "TCMFF 2021 Reviews: Her Man (1930) and They Won't Believe Me (1947) - Diabolique Magazine".
- ^ a b Hoberman, J (May 27, 2021). "'Her Man': A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored". The New York Times.
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.78 c.1978 by The AFI
- ^ Pinkerton, Nick. "Cracking the Code: Nick Pinkerton on "Her Man: A Forgotten Masterwork in Context" at MoMA".
- ^ a b Nehme, Farran Smith (April 7, 2016). "Her Man (1930)". Film Comment.
- ^ "Her Man: A Forgotten Masterwork in Context | MoMA".
External links[]
- 1930 films
- English-language films
- 1930 drama films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American drama films
- Films directed by Tay Garnett
- Films set in Havana
- Pathé Exchange films
- 1930s drama film stubs