The Man I Love (1947 film)

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 from the George and Ira Gershwin song The Man I Love, which is prominently featured.

While evading the sleazy Torescas heavyhanded passes. Petey falls in love with downandout exjazz pianist San Thomas Bruce Bennett, who never recovered from an old divorce. Variously solving the problems of her sisters, brother and their nextdoor neighbor, the nononsense Petey must wait as San decides whether to start a new life with her or sign back on with a merchant steamer.Warner Bros. purchased the rights to Maritta Wolffs novel in 1942 for 25,000, with the original intention of starring Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart in the film adaptation. 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 featured in the movie. 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 tightfitting dress finishingdays late and 100,000 over budget. ........

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