âHer Manâ: A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored Now streaming, this mildly racy romance, from 1930, arrived before the censorious Production Code. What really sets the film apart is its incredible tracking shots. Helen Twelvetrees plays a bar girl in Tay Garnett’s “Her Man” (1930).Credit...Museum of Modern Art May 27, 2021 âHer Man,â a snappy bit of hokum inspired by the venerable crime-of-passion ballad âFrankie and Johnny,â was well received when it arrived in 1930. Decades later, the mildly racy romance, with lightly disguised hookers and pimps, would become a bone of contention between critics conversant with classic Hollywood. Periodically rediscovered, the movie is streaming in a crisp new digital restoration via the Museum of Modern Artâs Virtual Cinema. Although opinions vary on the American director Tay Garnettâs auteur status, his high-spirited lowlife drama is well worth a look.