The Desert Song (1929)
Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success
123 min
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.
- Release date
- April 8, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $354,000
- Box office
- $3,022,000
Cast
- John Boles as The Red Shadow (Pierre Birbeau)
- Carlotta King as Margot
- Louise Fazenda as Susan
- Johnny Arthur as Benny Kidd
- Edward Martindel as General Birbeau
- Jack Pratt as Pasha
- Roberto E. Guzmán as Sid El Kar
- Otto Hoffman as Hasse
- Marie Wells as Clementina
- John Miljan as Captain Paul Fontaine
Crew
- Roy Del Ruth · Director
- Harvey Gates · Writer
- Oscar Hammerstein II · Writer
- Otto A. Harbach · Writer
- Frank Mandel · Writer
- Barney McGill · Cinematographer
- Ralph Dawson · Editor