''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. Biography Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Arlen attended the University of Pennsylvania. He served in Canada as a ...

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

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 longtime silent film director Lois Weber (who d ...

'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 as Celia Fields *

Olga Baclanova Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (russian: О́льга Влади́мировна Бакла́нова; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood film and ...

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'' (194 ...

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 was born on 12 March 1902 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He emigrated to ...

as Carlo Vesper * Charles Sullivan as Champ Mahoney

Soundtrack

* "Celia" (music by Richard A. Whiting and lyrics by

Leo Robin Leo Robin (April 6, 1900 – December 29, 1984) was an American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Academy Award for Best Original Song, Oscar-winning song "Thanks for t ...

)

External links

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''The Man I Love'' at SilentEra
1929 films 1929 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films Films directed by William A. Wellman Paramount Pictures films Transitional sound films Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub