The Desert Song

The Desert Song (1929)

Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success

  • Genre: Music, Romance
  • Release Date: 1929-04-08
  • User Rating: 4.5/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 3min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Roy Del Ruth
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Summary

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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  • John Boles

    as The Red Shadow
  • Carlotta King

    as Margot
  • Louise Fazenda

    as Susan
  • Johnny Arthur

    as Benny Kidd
  • Edward Martindel

    as General Bierbeau
  • Jack Pratt

    as Pasha
  • Roberto E. Guzmán

    as Sid El Kar
  • Otto Hoffman

    as Hasse
  • Marie Wells

    as Clementina
  • John Miljan

    as Captain Fontaine
  • Del Elliott

    as Rebel
  • Myrna Loy

    as Azuri
Editing Ralph Dawson Editor
Directing Roy Del Ruth Director
Writing Harvey Gates Screenplay
Costume & Make-Up Earl Luick Costume Design
Camera Barney McGill Director of Photography
Writing Oscar Hammerstein II Story
Writing Otto A. Harbach Lyricist
Writing Frank Mandel Story
Writing Oscar Hammerstein II Lyricist
Writing Otto A. Harbach Story
Sound Sigmund Romberg Music