THE DESERT SONG

The Desert Song
Warner Bros, 1943, Color, 90 minutes
Released December, 1943

Producer: Robert Buckner
Director: Robert Florey
Screenplay: Robert Buckner (based on the operetta by Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandel)
Music: Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg; new music by Sigmund Romberg, new lyrics by Jack Scholl, Serge Walters, and Mario Silva
Choreography: LeRoy Prinz
Art Direction: Charles Novi
Set Decoration: Jack McConaghy
Costume Design: Marjorie Best, Leah Rhodes
Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Film Editing: Frank Magee

Filmed on location in Gallup, New Mexico
In limited release December 1943, general release in 1944

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Interior Decoration

Cast: Dennis Morgan [Paul Hudson], Irene Manning [Margot], Bruce Cabot [Colonel Fontaine], Victor Francen [Caid Yousseff], Lynne Overman [Johnny Walsh], Gene Lockhart [Pere FanFan], Faye Emerson [Hajy], Marcel Dalio [Tarbouch], Felix Basch [Heinzelman], Gerald Mohr [Haasan], Noble Johnson [Abdel Rahman], Curt Bois [Francois], Alberto Morin [Muhammad], Jack LaRue [Lt. Bertin], William Edmunds [Suliman], Wallis Clark [Pajot], Sylvia Opert [Dancer], Nestor Paiva, Fritz Leiber, Georges Renavent, Egon Brecher, Duncan Renaldo [Bits]

Musical Program: The Desert Song (Dennis Morgan); One Alone (Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning); The Riff Song (Dennis Morgan and Mens Chorus); The French Military Marching Song (Irene Manning); Romance (Irene Manning); Gay Parisienne; One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden; Long Live the Night; Fifi's Song