The Man I Love (1929 film)
The Man I Love | |
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Directed by | William A. Wellman |
Written by | Percy Heath (writer) Herman J. Mankiewicz (story) Joseph L. Mankiewicz (titles) |
Produced by | David O. Selznick (associate producer) |
Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard |
Edited by | Alyson Shaffer |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | May 25, 1929 |
Running time | 7 reels (approximately 70 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Man I Love (1929) is a part-talking sound film from Paramount Pictures produced in parallel silent and sound versions. This film survives in a copy sold to television in the 1950s. The film stars Richard Arlen. Some sources refer to this as Arlen's first sound film, but he co-starred Nancy Carroll in Dorothy Arzner's Manhattan Cocktail (1928), another part-talking picture released by Paramount.
Plot[]
A prizefighter (Arlen) is struggling to be a champ and is in love with a good girl (Brian), but also involved with a society beauty (Baclanova) at the same time.
Cast[]
- Richard Arlen as Dum-Dum Brooks
- Mary Brian as Celia Fields
- Olga Baclanova as Sonia Barondoff
- Harry Green as Curly Bloom
- Jack Oakie as Lew Layton
- as D.J. McCarthy
- Leslie Fenton as Carlo Vesper
- Charles Sullivan as Champ Mahoney
Soundtrack[]
- "Celia" (music by Richard A. Whiting and lyrics by Leo Robin)
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1929 films
- 1929 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by William A. Wellman
- Paramount Pictures films
- Transitional sound films
- Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz
- 1920s comedy film stubs