Operetta film
Operetta films (German: Operettenfilm) are a
operettas
.
Although some
UFA, is credited as being the first all-talking "operetta film" made in Europe. It had been intended as a silent film, but the dramatic arrival of sound forced its production to be switched. Its combination of music and dancing proved to be a successful formula, and it was followed by many similar films.[1]
During the 1930s the trend spread to Britain, where a number of Operetta films were made (often in
Nazi rise to power in 1933 were able to find work in other countries because of their experience in the genre.[2] In the United States, a popular run of Operetta films were made starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. In Britain the 1934 Richard Tauber film Blossom Time
was a major hit, spawning a number of imitations.
Selected films
- The Desert Song (1929)
- The Love Parade (1929)
- Rio Rita (1929)
- Melody of the Heart (1929)
- Bride of the Regiment (1930)
- Song of the West (1930)
- The Rogue Song (1930)
- Song of the Flame (1930)
- Golden Dawn (1930)
- The Vagabond King (1930)
- The Lottery Bride (1930)
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
- Viennese Nights (1930)
- Dixiana (1930)
- The Land of Smiles (1930)
- New Moon (1930)
- Monte Carlo (1930)
- Retreat on the Rhine (1930)
- Kiss Me Again (1931)
- One Heavenly Night (1931)
- Children of Dreams (1931)
- Victoria and Her Hussar (1931)
- The Love Express (1931)
- The Emperor's Sweetheart (1931)
- The Merry Wives of Vienna (1931)
- Der Kongreß tanzt (1931)
- Mamsell Nitouche (1932)
- Gräfin Mariza(1932)
- Goodnight, Vienna (1932)
- Passionately (1932)
- Bitter Sweet (1933)
- Bon Voyage (1933)
- There Is Only One Love (1933)
- A Southern Maid (1933)
- The Tsarevich (1933)
- The Queen's Affair (1934)
- A Night in Venice (1934)
- Princess Charming (1934)
- Roses from the South (1934)
- Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
- Frasquita (1934)
- The Voice of Love (1934)
- Blossom Time (1934)
- Two Hearts in Waltztime (1934)
- Music in the Air (1934)
- Maskerade (1934)
- The Merry Widow (1934)
- Ball at the Savoy (1935)
- Naughty Marietta (1935)
- Heart's Desire (1935)
- The Blonde Carmen (1935)
- Happy Arenas (1935)
- I Dream Too Much (1935)
- Rose Marie (1936)
- Dreams Come True(1936)
- You Are Me (1936)
- Chaste Susanne (1937)
- Maytime (1937)
- The Lilac Domino (1937)
- The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
- Roxy and the Wonderteam (1938)
- Sweethearts (1938)
- The Mikado (1939)
- Opera Ball (1939)
- New Moon (1940)
- Bitter Sweet (1940)
- Operetta (1940)
- The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
- Vienna Blood (1942)
- The Desert Song (1943)
- Silva (1944)
- Viennese Girls (1945)
- Waltz Time (1945)
- The Laughing Lady (1946)
- Northwest Outpost (1947)
- The Dancing Years (1950)
- Véronique (1950)
- Dance Into Happiness(1951)
- The Merry Farmer (1951)
- Andalusia (1951)
- Imperial Violets (1952)
- Voices of Spring (1952)
- The Land of Smiles (1952)
- The Beauty of Cadiz (1953)
- The Desert Song (1953)
- The Flower of Hawaii (1953)
- Rose Marie (1954)
- Victoria and Her Hussar (1954)
- Oklahoma! (1955)
- Four Days in Paris (1955)
- Leila and Gábor (1956)
- Opera Ball (1956)
- The King and I (1956)
- The Singer from Mexico (1957)
- The White Horse Inn (1960)
- The Bird Seller (1962)
- The Sound of Music (1965)
- The Mikado (1967)
- The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
References
- ^ Hardt (1996), p. 130.
- ^ Phillips (2004), p. 63.
Bibliography
- Hardt, Usula (1996). 'From Caligari to California: Erich Pommer's Life in the International Film Wars. Berghahn Books.
- Phillips, Alastair (2004). City of Darkness, City of Light: Émigré Filmmakers in Paris, 1929–1939. Amsterdam University Press.
Further reading
- Richards, Jeffrey, ed. (1998). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929–1939'. I.B. Tauris & Co.
