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The Man I Love is a 1947 American film noir melodrama directed by Raoul Walsh, based on the novel Night Shift by Maritta M. Wolff, and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Alda and Bruce Bennett. The title is taken from the George and Ira Gershwin song "The Man I Love", which is prominently featured.[1]

The Man I Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Screenplay by	Catherine Turney W. R. Burnett (adaptation) Catherine Turney (adaptation)
Based on	the novel Night Shift by Maritta Wolff
Produced by	Arnold Albert
Starring	Ida Lupino Robert Alda Bruce Bennett
Cinematography	Sidney Hickox
Edited by	Owen Marks
Music by	Max Steiner
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	January 11, 1947 (1947-01-11) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Homesick for her family in Los Angeles, lounge singer Petey Brown (Ida Lupino) decides to leave New York City to spend some time visiting her two sisters and brother on the West Coast. Shortly she lands a job at the nightclub of small-time-hood Nicky Toresca (Robert Alda) where her sister Sally (Andrea King) is employed.

While evading the sleazy Toresca's heavy-handed passes, Petey falls in love with down-and-out ex-jazz pianist, legendary San Thomas (Bruce Bennett), who has never recovered from an old divorce. Variously helping to smooth over or solve the problems of her sisters, brother and their next-door neighbor, the no-nonsense Petey must wait as San decides whether to start a new life with her or sign back on with a merchant steamer.

Cast

Production and reception

Warner Bros. purchased the rights to Maritta Wolff's novel Night Shift in 1942 for $25,000, with the original intention of casting Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart in the film adaptation.[2] Working titles for the film were Night Shift and Why Was I Born?, the latter a 1929 song by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II which featured in the movie.[2][3] Production fell behind schedule because Lupino was suffering from exhaustion – she fainted during one scene with Robert Alda and had to be cut out of her tight-fitting dress – finishing 19 days late and $100,000 over budget.[3]

Bosley Crowther, writing for The New York Times, considered the film's mood to be "both silly and depressing, not to mention dull".[4] Film critic Leonard Maltin gave it 3 stars out of 4.[5]

The Man I Love later became Martin Scorsese's primary inspiration for his film New York, New York (1977).[3]

References

External links

• The Man I Love at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Man I Love at IMDb
• The Man I Love at AllMovie
• The Man I Love at the TCM Movie Database

На других языках

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- [en] The Man I Love (1947 film)

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[ru] Человек, которого я люблю (фильм, 1946)

«Человек, которого я люблю» (англ. The Man I Love) — нуарная мелодрама режиссёра Рауля Уолша, премьера которой состоялась в 1946 году.

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