The Desert Song (1929)

04/08/1929 2h 3m

Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success

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Overview

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 Ages at Release

John Boles

as The Red Shadow

Born 10/27/1895

Died 02/27/1969, age

Louise Fazenda

as Susan

Born 06/16/1895

Died 04/17/1962, age

Johnny Arthur

as Benny Kidd

Born 05/18/1883

Died 12/31/1951, age

Edward Martindel

as General Bierbeau

Born 07/07/1876

Died 05/04/1955, age

John Miljan

as Captain Fontaine

Born 11/08/1892

Died 01/24/1960, age

Myrna Loy

as Azuri

Born 08/02/1905

Died 12/14/1993, age