The Desert Song
5.9
“Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success”
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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Cast
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John Boles
The Red Shadow
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Stella Dallas
Carlotta King
Margot
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Marie Wells
Clementina
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John Miljan
Captain Fontaine
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M
Del Elliott
Rebel
No other roles listed
Myrna Loy
Azuri
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Roy Del Ruth Director · Harvey Gates Screenplay Oscar Hammerstein II Story
Worldwide gross $3M · Budget $354K · United States release April 8, 1929
Box office
Budget
$354,000
Worldwide gross
$3,022,000
Gross vs. budget
8.5×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 8, 1929
Theatrical
Denmark
January 11, 1930 · Theatrical
Finland
May 28, 1933 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 16, 1931 · Theatrical
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