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The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Berber fighters, against French colonial rule in Morocco. [1] It was also inspired by stories of Lawrence of Arabia aiding native guerrillas.
The Desert Song. This 1926 operetta from the team who had created Rose-Marie (plus additional librettist Frank Mandel) was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colonial rule. A swashbuckling romance/adventure story, The Desert Song presents a brave and dynamic hero who takes on a mid-mannered ...
The Desert Song: Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. With Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey. Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them.
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- Musical, Romance
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- 1953-05-30
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Box office. $2 million (US) [1] The Desert Song is a 1953 film version in Technicolor of Sigmund Romberg 's operetta. It is the third film version of the operetta, the third made by Warner Bros., and the second in full three-strip Technicolor. Although it was released in 1953, it was not made in widescreen; at that time Twentieth-Century Fox ...
- $2 million (US)
- Rudi Fehr
The Desert Song: Directed by Max Liebman. With Nelson Eddy, Gale Sherwood, Rod Alexander, Salvatore Baccaloni. From the Golden Age of Television, a live TV performance of the famed operetta, more faithful to the original than either the 1943 or 1953 film versions.
Release. May 17. ( 2023-05-17) –. June 21, 2023. ( 2023-06-21) High Desert is an American comedy television series created and written by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe-House that premiered on Apple TV+ on May 17, 2023. In July 2023, the series was cancelled after one season.
