Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.
Fanny Brice
- Fannie Field
- (as Fannie Brice)
Marjorie Kane
- Lola
- (as Marjorie 'Babe' Kane)
One-Eye Connelly
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
Anderson Lawler
- Patron in Night Club
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Tolson
- Blues Singer
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaThis film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast.
- Quotes
Harry Field: A verbal agreement...
Fannie Field: ...is not worth the paper it's written on.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Broadway: The American Musical (2004)
- SoundtracksWhen a Man Loves a Woman
(1930) (uncredited)
Music by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Billy Rose
Sung twice by Fanny Brice, first time with
chorus including Patsy 'Babe' Kane, Gertrude Astor
Featured review
Bad Musical
"Be Yourself" was a hastily thrown together film that had to include a few musical numbers just to satisfy a 65 minute runtime. It starred Fanny Brice, Robert Armstrong, Harry Green, G. Pat Collins, and Gertrude Astor.
Robert Armstrong played Jerry Moore, a wannabe boxer who spent more time on his back than on his feet. After he slugged the reigning champion, McCloskey aka Mac (G. Pat Collins), in a nightclub, some palooka put the idea in Fannie's head that Jerry could fight professionally.
Fannie (Fanny Brice), who worked at the nightclub of topic, got her brother Harry (Harry Green) to be Jerry's manager and the three were off and running. Fannie just had to figure out how to keep Jerry from going to the canvas with every landed blow.
The movie was so-so at best. They filled too much time with singing and stage acts, and the gold digger routine by Gertrude Astor was unimaginative. I can tell that a lot of Hollywood writers were victims, or afraid to become victims, of gold diggers because they wrote about them so much.
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Robert Armstrong played Jerry Moore, a wannabe boxer who spent more time on his back than on his feet. After he slugged the reigning champion, McCloskey aka Mac (G. Pat Collins), in a nightclub, some palooka put the idea in Fannie's head that Jerry could fight professionally.
Fannie (Fanny Brice), who worked at the nightclub of topic, got her brother Harry (Harry Green) to be Jerry's manager and the three were off and running. Fannie just had to figure out how to keep Jerry from going to the canvas with every landed blow.
The movie was so-so at best. They filled too much time with singing and stage acts, and the gold digger routine by Gertrude Astor was unimaginative. I can tell that a lot of Hollywood writers were victims, or afraid to become victims, of gold diggers because they wrote about them so much.
Free on Tubi.
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- Also known as
- El punto flaco
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1
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