The Man I Love (1929 film)

Summary

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.

The Man I Love
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Written byPercy Heath (writer)
Herman J. Mankiewicz (story)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (titles)
Produced byDavid O. Selznick (associate producer)
StarringRichard Arlen
Mary Brian
Olga Baclanova
CinematographyHenry W. Gerrard
Edited byAlyson Shaffer
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
May 25, 1929
Running time
7 reels (approximately 70 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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.

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