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Be Yourself (film)
''Be Yourself!'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Hollywood, Pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Fanny Brice and Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong. The plot involves an entertainer (Brice) managing a boxer (Armstrong). The cinematographer was Karl Struss and the running time is 65 minutes. Cast *Fanny Brice as Fannie Field *Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong as Jerry Moore *Harry Green as Harry Field *G. Pat Collins as "Mac" McCloskey *Gertrude Astor as Lillian Thorpe *Budd Fine as Step *Marjorie Kane as Lola, chorus girl *Rita Flynn as Jessica References External links * *''Be Yourself!'' in ''The New York Times'' 1930 films 1930 musical comedy films American musical comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Thornton Freeland United Artists films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton Freeland
Thornton Freeland (February 10, 1898 – May 22, 1987) was an American film director who directed 26 British and American films in a career that lasted from 1924 to 1949. Early success He was born in Hope, North Dakota in 1898 and originally worked as an assistant director during the silent era. In 1929 he directed his first film, the comedy ''Three Live Ghosts''. He enjoyed an early success with the Eddie Cantor Technicolor musical '' Whoopie!'' (1930) and much of his subsequent work was in musicals and comedies. In 1933, he directed ''Flying Down to Rio'' which launched the screen partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers although it had originally been designed as a starring vehicle for the Mexican actress Dolores del Río. The following year Freeland made a film version of the long-running Broadway revue ''George White's Scandals''. Britain In 1935 Freeland went to London to make the musical comedy '' Brewster's Millions'' starring Jack Buchanan. He was to work in Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Armstrong (actor)
Robert William ArmstrongThe reference book ''Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965'' gives Armstrong's birth name as Donald Robert Smith, as do the ''Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.'' and ''Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931–1939''. Clarke in his 1977 ''Pseudonyms'' gave "Donald R. Smith". (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film and television actor remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of ''King Kong'' by RKO Pictures. He delivered the film's famous final line: "It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." Early years Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Armstrong lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle. He attended the University of Washington, where he studied law, and became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. Armstrong gave up his studies to manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
