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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1352

The Desert Song

1929125 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 120:39
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Roy Del Ruth · Public domain

Synopsis

In Morocco, a French general pursues the masked leader known as the Red Shadow, unaware that the rebel is his own son. The young man's secret identity also complicates his love for a woman promised to another officer.

Cast

John Boles

Carlotta King

Louise Fazenda

Myrna Loy

DirectorsRoy Del Ruth

Inspirations

The operetta adapts the Broadway success by Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. Its romance and colonial adventure reflect the theatrical conventions of the source.

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John Boles — John Murray Anderson · Public domain
Louise Fazenda — Trailer screenshot Licencing information : https://web.archive.org/web/20080321033709/http://www.sabucat.com/?pg=copyright and http://www.creativeclearance.com/guidelines.html#D2; The Casino Murder Case trailer · Public domain
Myrna Loy — George Hurrell; eBay · Public domain

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