Be Yourself!
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Thornton Freeland
Fanny Brice
Robert Armstrong
Harry Green
G. Pat Collins
Gertrude Astor
Film Details
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Synopsis
Fannie, a nightclub entertainer, befriends Jerry Moore, a luckless prizefighter, and is discussing his attempts to break into the big time when McCloskey, heavyweight champion, provokes a quarrel and lays Jerry out on the floor. Fannie induces Jerry to appoint her his manager, and after six weeks of intensive training, she warns him against his habit of claiming fouls. He promises to win his test fight and, goaded on by Fannie, finally grabs the championship from McCloskey. Fannie's chief rival, Lillian, dazzles Jerry with her attentions, and to save him, Fannie arranges a rematch with McCloskey, though Jerry has just had his nose straightened. Jerry reproaches her for the double-cross when he loses the fight, but forgives her when he realizes her motive.
Director
Thornton Freeland
Cast
Fanny Brice
Robert Armstrong
Harry Green
G. Pat Collins
Gertrude Astor
Budd Fine
Marjorie "babe" Kane
Rita Flynn
Jimmy Tolson
Crew
Thornton Freeland
Park French
Jesse Greer
Roger H. Heman
Robert J. Kern
Maurice L. Kusell
Ballard Macdonald
Max Marcin
William Cameron Menzies
Alice O'neill
Robert H. Planck
Ralph Rainger
Hugo Riesenfeld
Billy Rose
Joseph M. Schenck
Karl Struss
Henry Tobias
Harold Witt
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Quotes
It's a racket.- Jerry Moore
So's tennis... but ya gotta be sober to play it.- Fannie Field
Well, liquor never hurt my old man. He's been drinkin' all his life, and he's 80 years old.- Jerry Moore
Wait...it'll get him.- Fannie Field
You're a funny girl, Fannie.- Jerry Moore
I gotta be. That's how I make my livin'.- Fannie Field
A verbal agreement...- Harry Field
...is not worth the paper it's written on.- Fannie Field
