Men Are Like That (1930)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Frank Tuttle

Writers:

George Kelly (play)
Herman J. Mankiewicz (adaptation)

Release Date:

22 March 1930 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Philadelphia Pennsylvania | Engagement | Mother In Law | Braggart | Egotist

Cast

Hal Skelly	...	J. Aubrey Piper
Doris Hill	...	Amy Fisher
Clara Blandick	...	Ma Fisher
Charles Sellon	...	Pa 'Pop' Fisher
Helene Chadwick	...	Clara Fisher Hyland
Morgan Farley	...	Joseph 'Joe' Fisher
George Fawcett	...	The Judge
William B. Davidson	...	Frank Hyland
Eugene Pallette	...	Traffic Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
E.H. Calvert	...	Superintendent
Gordon De Main	...	Rogers the Insurance Man

Runtime:

61 min | USA:59 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The play opened on Broadway, New York City, New York, USA on 5 February 1924 and had 571 performances. In the cast were Guy D'Ennery (Frank Hyland), Helen Lowell (Mrs. Fisher), Lee Tracy (Joe) and Francis Pierlot. The popular play had 6 Broadway revivals, the last in 1992.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Show-Off (1934)

Soundtrack:

In the Gloaming

Calling all insomniacs

Men Are Like That is a buried 'treasure' best left interred. Clocking in at a brief 58 minutes, this would-be comedy stars unfunny stage actor Hal Skelly as an annoying husband who gets tangled up with the law and traffic cop Eugene Pallette. The cast is uniformly dull, bar Pallette, whose screen time is limited, and the film has no laughs, no drama, and no tears. A disaster all around.