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The Man I Love (1929 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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)
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