If I Were Single

If I Were Single is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring May McAvoy, Conrad Nagel, and Myrna Loy.^[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process.

If I Were Single
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Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Written by	Robert Lord Joseph Jackson
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	May McAvoy Conrad Nagel Myrna Loy
Cinematography	Edwin B. DuPar
Edited by	Ralph Dawson
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 17, 1927 (1927-12-17)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

The film was based on the story "Two-Time Marriage" by Jack Townley. The story was adapted into an All-Talking sound film in 1930 under the title of Divorce Among Friends by Warner Bros.

Cast

• May McAvoy as May Howard
• Conrad Nagel as Ted Howard
• Myrna Loy as Joan Whitley
• George Beranger as Claude

Preservation status

This film survives at the BFI National Film and Television Archive in London.^[2]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)