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Men Are Like That (1930)

Men Are Like That poster
Directed by
Frank Tuttle
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man who likes to brag and show off gets in the way of his own life. His family and those around him react to his antics.

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What happens

Men Are Like That is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Marion Dix, based on the George Kelly play The Show-Off, which had already been the source material for a 1926 silent film and which would subsequently be remade in 1934 and 1946. Men Are Like That stars Hal Skelly, Doris Hill, Clara Blandick, Charles Sellon, Helene Chadwick, Morgan Farley and George Fawcett. The film was released on March 22, 1930, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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