Annie Hall Annie Hall Annie Hall is a 1977 American romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe, the film stars the director as Alvy Singer, who tries to figure out the reasons for the failure of his relationship with the film's eponymous female lead, played by Diane Keaton in a role written specifically for her. Principal photography for the film began on May 19, 1976 on the South Fork of Long Island, and filming continued periodically for the next ten months. Allen has described the result, which
The Man Who Played God (1932 film) Wholesome, and Dull". The film was itself a retooling of the 1922 silent movie of the same name. The most evident difference between these two was that the earlier film finished with the protagonist's hearing restored, a plot contrivance that garnered negative reviews and was ditched in the 1932 version. Arliss adapted the screenplay to radio in 1938 reprising his role as Royle. A radio version starring Raymond Massey was also presented on "Philip Morris Playhouse" April 17, 1942. In 1955 Warners revised the story again as "Sincerely Yours" with Liberace in the lead as a pianist whose hearing comes