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	• The Desert Song [VHS] Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae Warner Home Video, 1994 average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Desert Song

Watched this movie dozens of times at a youth, but not up to current movie standards. The music is great.

If you're a fan - it's great!

I saw "The Desert Song" when it was first released. I am a fan of Gordan MacRae and Kathryn Grayson. If you like light opera and romantic story settings this is great. The one thing I didn't like is it is not on DVD. My VHS copy was very good, however. It's a collector's item for sure.

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Great Movie

I love old musicals and think Gordon MacRae was one of the greatest singers of all times. I have quite a collection of these, including an out-of-print copy of "Deep In My Heart," the story of Sigmund Romberg's career. I also have "The Student Prince." This movie, "The Desert Song," was really fun to watch and filled with great music. The acting of some of these old singers is not as great as their singing, but if you like the old musicals the way I do, this is one of the best. My only regret is that so many of them are only available on VHS and have not been made into DVD format.

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Great fun.

Great fun; great kitsch. The opening scenes with the obvious rear-screen projection, matte paintings, and intercut desert footage are laughable from a directorial point of view. The plot is stereotypical, but perfect, with unctuous baddies, a mustachioed rival, and uppity leading lady. As soon as Gordon and Kathryn begin to sing, however, we are transfixed, and all of the cinematic hoo-ha dissolves in the schmaltz of Sigmund Romberg. In short, it's delicious, and you succumb to it because the songs are so wonderful. And with Ray Collins as the wise general who helps sort out Arabia, what more could you ask? Note, there really were riffs and they really did have a legendary leader--in Morocco.

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not an operetta

This is an old operetta made into a musical. This may be a loss to operetta fans, but the cinematography and sheer chemistry between the protagonists more than makes up for the name changes or the loss of some of the old musical numbers and double entendres.

Now how about a DVD?

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Film adaptation of the operetta by the same name. An American is working as the clandestine leader of a group of African natives as they fight against Arabia. Features musical numbers Riff Song, Romance, The Desert Song, One Flower, One Alone, Gay Parisie

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