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# The Desert Song 1953 Kathryn Grayson Gordon MacRae (region 2)

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They have the sky above, the sand below and a song in their hearts. Kathryn Grayson (Kiss Me Kate) and Gordon MacRae (Oklahoma!) capture the romance and splendor of one of the world’s great operettas in the ravishing Technicolor treat The Desert Song. The 1926 Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein 11 musical adventure has a special place in Warner Bros. history: The studio made three versions, of which this 1953 edition is the last and most lavish. MacRae is the roguish Riff leader - and master of disguise - El Khobar, and Grayson is the reckless French beauty Margot, eventual lovers whose final embrace is preceded by a spectacle packed with hard-riding screen action and soaring melodies. The latter includes “Romance,” “The Riff Song,” the title tune and “One Alone,” which aptly describes this thundering saga. Saddle up and sing The Desert Song.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Dvd
  

*by L***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 25 January 2023*

Lovely musical

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Third Warner Bros version of much loved operetta.
  

*by C***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 June 2015*

I have wanted this movie on DVD for years, only previously having it on VHS. I can only give four stars as although it's one of my favourite operettas, I don't think it was particularly well made. It's a pity that Cinemascope was only in it's early stages in the same year, 1953, that Warner's made this picture, it would have made a big difference and it could have done with a bit more cash spent on it.  I read that Gordon MacRae wasn't happy with the film's result and he doesn't look nearly as comfortable in this as he did in his previous and subsequent films, he only made one more film for Warner Bros and asked to be released early from his seven years contract to pursue Oklahoma. MacRae was never considered a particularly great actor but listening to some of the lines they gave him in this, I doubt anyone could have done much better. The script is banal and watered down to suit early 1950's expectations and appears too bland. At least some of it appears to have been filmed somewhere on location, and not all in the studio. On the plus side, I do think Gordon MacRae was the best singer Hollywood ever had, he just had a bad script here. He sings the songs magnificently although I think Kathryn Grayson is perhaps miscast. There's no chemistry between the two, at least not like he had with Doris Day and Shirley Jones. Raymond Massey is always good, as is Steve Cochran and even Dick Wesson who plays a bumbling journalist is quite fun, although I don't think his character was in the original story. Some of the story has been changed apparently but I haven't seen an original show as it's too long ago. On the whole it's quite entertaining but it's the songs that are really worth waiting for, particularly MacRae's.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    It’s a good film
  

*by H***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 February 2021*

I enjoyed the film years ago and I still like it today, the music is still very listenable and pleasant.

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