The Desert Song (1943 film)
| The Desert Song | |
|---|---|
Warner Brothers | |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,148,000[1] |
| Box office | $4,595,000[1] |
The Desert Song is a 1943 American musical film. It was directed by Robert Florey and starred Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning and Bruce Cabot.[2] It is based on the 1926 operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Charles Novi, Jack McConaghy).
This film version of the operetta was, like
The film is more sophisticated technically than the earlier film due to its large budget and advances in both sound and color. This is the first film version to be made in full three-strip
The 1943 Desert Song is perhaps the only instance in which a stage operetta of the 1920s has been updated to reflect topical concerns of the 1940s. In fact, the United States Office of War Information held up release of the film for a year because of the shifting political positions of Vichy France. It did well at the box office nonetheless, and was Warner Brothers' highest grossing film of the year.[4]
Plot
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Cast
- Dennis Morgan as Paul Hudson/El Khobar
- Irene Manning as Margot
- Bruce Cabot as Col. Fontaine
- Lynne Overman as Johnny Walsh
- Gene Lockhart as Pere FanFan
- Faye Emerson as Hajy
- Victor Francen as Caid Yousseff
- Curt Bois as François
- Jack La Rue as Lt. Bertin
- Marcel Dalio as Tarbouch
- Cee Pee Johnson as Drummer in Moroccan cafe sequence (uncredited)[5][6]
Box office
The film was Warner Bros.' most popular of the year, earning $2,561,000 domestically and $2,034,000 foreign.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 24 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (December 18, 1943). "NY Times: The Desert Song". NY Times. Retrieved December 19, 2008.
- ^ "The Desert Song (1944) -". www.Shop.WarnerArchive.com. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ You Must Remember This: the Warner Brothers story, Richard Schickel and George Perry, pg. 161
- ^ "Torrid Tom-Toms Set". Hollywood Reporter. July 31, 1942. Page 8. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ^ "Famed 'Cee Pee' Johnson Coming with His Band for October Shows". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. September 22, 1947. Page 7. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
External links
- The Desert Song at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- The Desert Song at IMDb
- The Desert Song at the TCM Movie Database
- The Desert Song at AllMovie
