A Single Man (1929 film)

A Single Man
Film poster
Directed byHarry Beaumont
Written byF. Hugh Herbert (script)
George O'Hara (script)
Joseph Farnham (intertitles)
Lucille Newmark (intertitles)
Based onA Single Man
by Hubert Henry Davies
Produced byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
StarringLew Cody
Aileen Pringle
Marceline Day
CinematographyAndré Barlatier (- French Wikipedia)
Edited byBen Lewis
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 12, 1929 (1929-01-12)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Single Man is a 1929 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, and Marceline Day. It is based on a 1911 Broadway stage play by Hubert Henry Davies, A Single Man.[1][2][3] It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Cast

Censorship

When A Single Man was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. The Kansas censor board ordered a cut of an intertitle with the caption, "You great big cave man. I bet you're a devil when you're aroused."[4]

Preservation

With no prints of A Single Man located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

References

  1. ^ A Single Man as produced on Broadway at the Empire Theatre beginning Sept. 4, 1911; IBDb.com
  2. ^ A Single Man at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Single Man at silentera.com
  4. ^ "Eliminations Ordered in 1928 by Kansas Censor Board with Woman Members". Variety. 94 (6). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 5 February 20, 1929. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Single Man
  6. ^ A Single Man at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: MGM films - 1929 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
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