The Man I Love

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 Pat O'Malley 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)