A Tailor Made Man
1931 film
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A Tailor Made Man is a 1931 American MGM pre-Code comedy film directed by Sam Wood. Adapted from the 1908 Hungarian play A Szerencse Fia by Gábor Drégely (staged in English in New York in 1917), the film stars William Haines and Dorothy Jordan.[1]
Directed bySam Wood
Written byGabor Dregely (novel)
Harry James Smith (play)
Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay)
Harry James Smith (play)
Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay)
Produced byHarry Rapf
StarringWilliam Haines
Dorothy Jordan
Dorothy Jordan
| A Tailor Made Man | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Written by | Gabor Dregely (novel) Harry James Smith (play) Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Harry Rapf |
| Starring | William Haines Dorothy Jordan |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 79–80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
On Broadway, Grant Mitchell starred in the 1917 production and a revival in 1929.[2] The play was the basis for a 1922 American silent film, A Tailor-Made Man.[citation needed]
Plot
Cast
- William Haines as John Paul Bart
- Dorothy Jordan as Tanya
- Joseph Cawthorn as Huber
- Marjorie Rambeau as Kitty Dupuy
- William Austin as Theodore Jellicott
- Ian Keith as Doctor Gustav von Sonntag
- Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Stanlaw
- Henry Armetta as Peter
- Walter Walker as Abraham Nathan
- Forrester Harvey as Arthur Pomeroy
- Joan Marsh as Bessie
- Martha Sleeper as Corrine