Producer: Robert Z. Leonard & William Anthony McGuire
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Awards: NONE
Interesting Fact: This story was written by David Belasco as a play in 1905. It was adapted into an opera by Giacomo Puccini in 1910. Now that it had a musical conversion it was a perfect candidate as a musical-western for MGM in 1938.
My Mother's Favorite Scene: She loves it when the song is sung that reminds the bandit of his orphan years and the little girl that sang it.
Ramerez: I hope I'll see you again sometime. Yeah?
Mary Robbins: I hope I'll see you again sometime too. Dangling on the end of a rope!
Two young orphans would later run into each other again in the most unlikely of places, the golden West. The girl had turned into a beautiful singer and saloon owner, the boy became a handsome bandit. On her way to Monterrey, she is stopped by this bandit and he falls for her. He creates a disguise as an officer in order to get to know her better, and then leaves to rob his next location. He soon discovers that his next location is the saloon owned by the girl he fell in love with on the road.
This is one of the many classics made by MGM to showcase the talented Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy. Each film of theirs includes wonderful music, historical era plot and a conflicting love story. This was MacDonald's calamity Jane moment. Usually she was dressed in an expensive gown, but here we find her in boots and straps. My mom felt that this film got to showcase Jeanette's true talent as an actress. As with all their films together; the music is amazing, the acting is superb and the love story is wonderful.
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