Her Man (1930 film)

Her Man is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film produced and distributed by Pathé Exchange, directed by Tay Garnett[1] and starring Phillips Holmes, Helen Twelvetrees and Marjorie Rambeau. The film is inspired by the ballad Frankie and Johnny.[2][3] The picture's supporting cast features James Gleason, Ricardo Cortez, Thelma Todd and Franklin Pangborn.

Her Man
Ricardo Cortez and Helen Twelvetrees
Directed byTay Garnett
Written byTom Buckingham
Story byTay Garnett
Howard Higgin
Produced byE. B. Derr
StarringPhillips Holmes
Helen Twelvetrees
Marjorie Rambeau
CinematographyEdward Snyder
Edited byDoane Harrison
Joseph Kane
Music byJosiah Zuro
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Exchange
Release date
  • September 21, 1930 (1930-09-21)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Phillips Holmes in Her Man (1930)

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

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
  1. "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  2. "TCMFF 2021 Reviews: Her Man (1930) and They Won't Believe Me (1947) - Diabolique Magazine".
  3. Hoberman, J (May 27, 2021). "'Her Man': A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored". The New York Times.
  4. 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
  5. Pinkerton, Nick. "Cracking the Code: Nick Pinkerton on "Her Man: A Forgotten Masterwork in Context" at MoMA".
  6. Nehme, Farran Smith (April 7, 2016). "Her Man (1930)". Film Comment.
  7. "Her Man: A Forgotten Masterwork in Context | MoMA".


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