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The Desert Song (1929)

The Desert Song

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2h 3m

Action, Musicals, Romance

April 8th, 1929

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French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.

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Cast

John Boles
The Red Shadow
(Pierre Birbeau)
Carlotta King
Margot
Louise Fazenda
Susan
Johnny Arthur
Benny Kidd
Edward Martindel
General Birbeau
Jack Pratt
Pasha
Roberto E. Guzmán
Sid El Kar
Otto Hoffman
Hasse
Marie Wells
Clementina
John Miljan
Captain Paul Fontaine
Full cast & crew

Directors

Roy Del Ruth
Full cast & crew

Writers

Harvey Gates
screenplay
Oscar Hammerstein II
play
Otto A. Harbach
play
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success
LIVING, THROBBING, MELODY, POURING FROM THE SCREEN WITH BOUNDLESS MAGNIFICENCE-THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT OF MODERN MOTION PICTURE ART! (Print ad-The Evening Independent,((St. Petersburg, Fla.)) 18 May 1929)
BROUGHT BACK TO YOU ON SHEER MERIT! A Staggering Succession of Bewitching Song Successes- Colourful-Magnetic-Presented with Boundless Magnificence and Stirring Intensity! (Print Ad-Wairarapa Daily Times, ((Masterton, NZ)) 10 July 1934)
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Keywords

held at gunpoint
misery
rebellion
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

March 20th, 1930 (Argentina)
January 11th, 1930 (Denmark)
January 11th, 1930 (Denmark) theatrical
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

The Desert Song (original title)
La canción del desierto (Argentina)
The Desert Song (Australia)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Buttercup Dunes, Imperial County, California, USA
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

123 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1 (sound on disc version)

Production Companies

Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation)
Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribution Companies

Warner Bros. (United States of America)
Turner Entertainment (Worldwide)

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