The Desert Song

Name: The Desert Song
Released: 1929
Rating: 64.3
Cast: John Boles, Myrna Loy, John Miljan, Louise Fazenda, Carlotta King

1929

Musical

2h 3m

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)

The Desert Song

1929

Musical

2h 3m

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Rated 31 Jul 2018

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.

Rated 31 Jul 2018

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