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MusicComedy

Be Yourself!

- PEECTURE WOT EVER WASSIT. SUNGS UND SMOT-CRACKS- MAKE YOU ROAR WITT LEEFING.

Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.

Release Date : 1930-02-07

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Art Cinema CorporationJoseph M. Schenck Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Fanny Brice

Character Name : Fannie Field (as Fannie Brice)

Original Name : Fanny Brice

Gender : Female

Robert Armstrong

Character Name : Jerry Moore

Original Name : Robert Armstrong

Gender : Male

Harry Green

Character Name : Harry Field

Original Name : Harry Green

Gender : Male

G. Pat Collins

Character Name : McCloskey

Original Name : G. Pat Collins

Gender : Male

Gertrude Astor

Character Name : Lillian

Original Name : Gertrude Astor

Gender : Female

Budd Fine

Character Name : Step

Original Name : Budd Fine

Gender : Male

Marjorie Kane

Character Name : Lola (as Marjorie 'Babe' Kane)

Original Name : Marjorie Kane

Gender : Female

Rita Flynn

Character Name : Jessica

Original Name : Rita Flynn

Gender : Male

Jimmy Tolson

Character Name : Blues singer (uncredited)

Original Name : Jimmy Tolson

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-26

I think this might be the first film I've ever seen with Fanny Brice and though it's perfectly watchable, it's really only designed to be a showcase for her engaging talents. She's successful entertainer "Fannie" (keep it simple) who has two potential suitors at her nightclub. One night tempers flare and some fisticuffs ensue between "Jerry" (Robert Armstrong) and the more substantial "Mac" (G. Pat Collins). The former comes off the worst but manages to further endear himself to the singer who decides that she is going to become his boxing trainer. He is keen, enthusiastic and successful - even if he does care for the odd nap mid fight, but as he starts to make the money he starts to attract the gals and their relationship starts to become just a little strained. There's a lovely scene towards the end with them having the daftest spat together with his new affianced "Lillian" (Gertrude Astor) that you know can only go one way and Harry Green chips in nicely as her somewhat dodgy lawyer brother "Harry". It is, though, really just an excuse for Brice to rattle her vocal chords and there are a couple of decent Billy Rose numbers to help her along too. It's a film that's part of the fabric of cinema history and as such, is worth a watch. Anything else? Well, no - not really.