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John Boles and Carlotta King.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Desert Song
(1929) United States of America
Color/B&W : Feature film
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Cast: John Boles [Pierre Birbeau, also known as The Red Shadow], Carlotta King [Margot], Louise Fazenda [Susan], Johnny Arthur [Benny Kidd], Edward Martindel [General Birbeau], Jack Pratt [Pasha], Roberto E. Guzmán [Sid El Kar], Otto Hoffman [Hasse], Marie Wells [Clementina], John Miljan [Captain Paul Fontaine], Del Elliott [Rebel], Myrna Loy [Azuri], Lester Cole, Peggy Dale, Agnes Franey
Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [A Warner Bros. Vitaphone Singing Picture]. / Screenplay by Harvey Gates, from the opertta The Desert Song with music by Sigmund Romberg, book and lyrics by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel + [Laurence Schwab]. / Released 8 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The operetta was subsequently filmed as The Desert Song (1943). / Full-sound film.
Musical.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Color cinematography - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 2 May 2023.
References: Basten-Technicolor pp. 40, 41, 170; Bohn-Light p. 184; Maeder-Hollywood p. 87; Shipman-Cinema p. 104 : ClasIm-220 p. 42 Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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