ROXY’S SECOND TALKIE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 750, 24 August 1929, Page 18

ROXY’S SECOND TALKIE

“THE MAN I LOVE” A GREAT FILM SUCCESS Romance, that quivers and throbs with the life that is woven into it, thrilled audiences at the Roxy Theatre last night where Richard Arlen and Mary Brian, supported by a superb cast, sparkled in the fast-moving, alltalking Paramount picture, “The Man I Love.” The picture will continue all day today and next week. Both Mary Brian and Richard Arlen have given promise of great things in the past but. in “The Man I Love,” they realise a glorious fulfilment. The story, dealing with the love affair of a boy and girl who go to New York in answer to an ambitious urge and find only disappointment, is filled with the adventure in which youth revels. Arlen as the boy lover is great and, as the young man filled with the pride of achievement, he is superb. A shining thread of humour, supplied by Harry Green and Jack Oakie, keeps the laughs going throughout the piece. They are supreme comedy men. Baclanova is charming in a strong role and Pat O’Malley, Leslie Fenton and the rest of the cast deserve the highest praise. “The Man I Love” is the kind of picture that everyone will love. It is entertainment well directed, well acted and excellently portrayed. There is not a dull moment in the show from beginning to end. “The Man I Love” is one of the bright spots on the cinema calendar for the year here. Miss Brian’s voice, singing the theme song “Celia,” is especially worth hearing. It matches her personality perfectly. It is sweet and gentle, yet strong and characterful. Richard Arler. talks in “The Man I Love” for the first time on the screen and Baclanova’s delicious accent is another point for the excellence of the picture. Then there is the bright supporting programme of talkies. These include a musical number, Miss Lillian Roth and her piano boys singing such plantation melodies as “Down Among the Sugar Cane,” also an up-to-date gazette with sound accompaniment, a cartoon, and last but not least, an hilarious Christie comedy, all dialogue.