The Girl of the Golden West
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Released
- 1938
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1938
Storyline
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Top credits
Jeanette MacDonald — Mary Robbins
Nelson Eddy — Ramirez, Lieutenant Johnson
Walter Pidgeon — Jack Rance
Leo Carrillo — 'Mosquito'
Did you know
• David Belasco's play originally opened in New York on 14 November 1905.
• Other film adaptations of the David Belasco play include a 1915 Jesse L. Lasky production directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Mabel Van Buren and Theodore Roberts; a 1923 Associated First National film directed by Edwin Carewe, with Sylvia Breamer and J. Warren Kerrigan; and a 1930 First National Picture, directed by John Francis Dillon, and starring Ann Harding and James Rennie.
• Giacomo Puccini adapted David Belasco's play as an opera, "La fanciulla del West", which had its world premiere in the presence of the composer at New York's Metropolitan Opera on 10 December 1910, starring Emmy Destinn and Enrico Caruso. It has become part of the basic repertoire of Italian opera throughout the world.
User reviews
Nelson and Jeannette in the old west
"original" MacDonald/Eddy
An opera too!
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
