| The Man I Love | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Starring | Richard Arlen Mary Brian Olga Baclanova |
| Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard |
| Edited by | Alyson Shaffer |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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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.
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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