The Desert Song (1929)
After literally inventing the movie musical with The Jazz Singer, Warner Bros. purchased the motion picture rights to the evergreen Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II 2nd operetta The Desert Song. Although the results looked like a photographed stage play (a common failing of early-talkie songfests), the unforgettable Romberg-Hammerstein tunes (The Riff Song, One Alone, the title number) more than carried the day. (allmovie.com)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Roy Del Ruth
Starring: Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Louise Fazenda, John Boles, Carlotta King
Genre: Musical
Country: USA
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| Jul 31, 2018 | PUNQ | 60 89th |
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The acting is just as awkward as you'd expect from a picture of 29. Boles ups his naivety to ridiculous levels so not to reveal his secret masked identity. Even more so with Myrna Loy during her 'exotic vamp' years, really living the persona to screaming theatrical levels not suited for the big screen. However in this noisy film one kind of had to scream. This was song heavy. Grand songs coming nearly nonstop of the loud and high-pitched kind. Attractive flawed piece, full of heart and a drive.
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