A Man's Man (1929 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = A Man's Man

| alt = Several actors on a lobby card for the movie

| image =A_Man's_Man_1929_Lobby_Card.jpg

| caption =Lobby card for the film

| director = James Cruze

| producer = Metro Goldwyn Mayer

| writer = Forrest Halsey

| based_on = {{based on|A Man's Man|Patrick Kearney}}

| starring = William Haines

| cinematography = Merritt B. Gerstad

| editing = George Hively

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1929|05|25}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = USA

| language = Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

}}

A Man's Man is a lost[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnemetromgm.html A Man's Man at Lost Film Files: MGM films - 1929] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204526/http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnemetromgm.html |date=March 3, 2016 }}[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7366/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:A Man's Man] 1929 synchronized sound 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.[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=8363 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.{{Cite web |last=Torsten |last2=John |date=2005 |title=A Man's Man |url=http://www.garboforever.com/Film-17.htm |website=Garbo Forever}} The film is believed to be lost, although the Vitaphone type sound discs exist and are currently held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.{{Cite web |title=A Man's Man |url=https://search.library.ucla.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991696833506533&context=L&vid=01UCS_LAL:UCLA&lang=en&search_scope=ArticlesBooksMore&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Articles_books_more_slot&query=any,contains,A%20Man%27s%20Man,AND&mode=advanced&offset=0 |website=UCLA Library}}