ROXY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 15

ROXY

“THE MAN I LOVE” Love, its ups and downs, as Richard Arlen and the lovable Mary Brian can portray it, is the theme of the Roxy Theatre’s attraction from today, the all-talking picture, “The Man I Love.” It is a super-romantic drama, directed by William A. Wellman, the man who made “Wings,” “Legion of the Condemned,” “Ladies of the Mob” and “Beggars of Life.” A strong cast handles the thoroughly human characters of the story. Richard Arlen, who played opposite Clara Bow in “Ladies of the Mod.” with Charles (Buddy) Rogers in “Wings” and opposite Nancy Carroll in “Manhattan Cocktail,” is here given a leading role opposite another popular favourite of the screen, the winsome Mary Brian. Baclanova, the most talked of woman in Hollywood as a result of her superb

artistic characterisations, has a motivating role; Harry Green, the wellknown vaudeville comedian, has an important comedy part; and Jack Oakie, a graduate of the vaudeville stage and already a success in pictures, has the wise-cracking part of a press agent. The picture tells the story of an ambitious young man who decides to seek fame in Xew York. The hometown girl to whom he is engaged follows him to the big city only to find that, through the interest of a wealthy society woman, he has made an instantaneous success and, drunk with popularity, has entered into a mad whirl of living. The active jealousy of a rival and the home-town girl’s decision to leave him bring him to his senses. It is a picture filled with emotion, bubbling with humour and packed with thrills. Several bright all-talking items will be presented on the supporting programme this evening. There will be the latest Paramount Sound Gazette, songs by Lillian Roth and her piano boys, a cartoon, and an uproarious all-talking two-reel Christie comedy. One hundred and seventy fancy dress costumes were worn by Clara Bow and other members of the cast of “The Wild Party.” for dance scenes of the picture. “The Wild Party” is a Paramount all-dialogue picture. and also has a silent version. It will be rele«.*fid shortly tn Xew Zealand,