''The Man I Love'' (1929) is a part-talking sound film from

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produced in parallel silent and sound versions. This film survives in a copy sold to television in the 1950s. The film stars

Richard Arlen Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore, September 1, 1899 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor of film and television. Early days Arlen served in Canada as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He later taught as ...

. Some sources refer to this as Arlen's first sound film, but he co-starred with

Nancy Carroll Nancy Carroll (born Ann Veronica Lahiff; November 19, 1903 – August 6, 1965) was an American actress. She started her career in Broadway musicals and then became an actress in sound films and was in many films from 1927 to 1938. She was t ...

Dorothy Arzner Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of long-time silent film director Lois Weber, fro ...

'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

as Dum-Dum Brooks *

Mary Brian Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American actress who made the transition from silent films to sound films. Early life Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas, the daughter of Taurrence J. ...

as Celia Fields *

Olga Baclanova Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood films, as well as stage roles in the US and the United Kingdom, she was mainly ...

as Sonia Barondoff * Harry Green as Curly Bloom *

Jack Oakie Jack Oakie (born Lewis Delaney Offield; November 12, 1903 – January 23, 1978) was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio and television. He portrayed Napaloni in Chaplin's ''The Great Dictator'' (1940) ...

as Lew Layton * Pat O'Malley as D.J. McCarthy *

Leslie Fenton Leslie Fenton (12 March 1902 – 25 March 1978) was an English actor and film director. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1923 and 1945. Early life Fenton emigrated to America with his mother, Elizabeth Carter Fenton, and his brothe ...

as Carlo Vesper * Charles Sullivan as Champ Mahoney

Soundtrack

* "Celia" (music by

Richard A. Whiting Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938) was an American composer of popular songs, including the standards " Hooray for Hollywood", " Ain't We Got Fun?" and " On the Good Ship Lollipop". He also wrote lyrics occas ...

and lyrics by

Leo Robin Leo Robin (April 6, 1895 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song " Thanks for the Memory," sung by Bob Hope and Shi ...

)

External links

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''The Man I Love'' at SilentEra
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Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

See also

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