The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)

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The Girl of the Golden West
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Directed byRobert Z. Leonard
Written byDavid Belasco (play)
Isabel Dawn
Boyce DeGaw
Produced byRobert Z. Leonard
William Anthony McGuire
StarringJeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Walter Pidgeon
CinematographyOliver T. Marsh
Edited byW. Donn Hayes
Music byHerbert Stothart
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 18, 1938 (1938-03-18)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,680,000[1][2]
Box office$1,597,000 (Domestic earnings)[1]
$1,285,000 (Foreign earnings)[1]

The Girl of the Golden West is a 1938 American musical western film adapted from the 1905 play of the same name by David Belasco, better known for providing the plot of the opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini. A frontier woman falls in love with an outlaw.[3]

Cast[]

Soundtrack[]

  • Sun-Up to Sun Down; Played during the opening credits
  • Shadows On The Moon
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Sung by Jeanne Ellis at a campfire in the prologue
    • Reprised by Jeanette MacDonald
    • Whistled and hummed by Nelson Eddy
  • Soldiers Of Fortune
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Sung by Noah Beery and his men in the prologue, Bill Cody Jr. (dubbed by Raymond Chace) in the prologue
    • Reprised by Nelson Eddy and his men
  • The Wind In The Trees
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
    • Played on a fife by Buddy Ebsen
  • Gwine to Rune All Night (1850); (De Camptown Races)
  • Polly Wolly Doodle
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Played on piano by Brandon Tynan
    • Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
  • Ave Maria
    • Music by Charles Gounod
    • Adopted from the First Prelude in The Well-Termpered Clavier
    • By Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Played on an organ by H.B. Warner
    • Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and chorus
  • Señorita
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Sung by Nelson Eddy and party guests
    • Reprised by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
  • Mariache
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Additional lyrics by Carlos Ruffino
    • Translation for Spanish lyrics by Zacharias Yaconelli (uncredited)
    • Sung by Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and chorus
    • Danced to by the party guests
  • The West Ain't Wild Anymore
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Sung by Buddy Ebsen
  • Who Are We To Say
    • Music by Sigmund Romberg
    • Lyrics by Gus Kahn
    • Sung by Nelson Eddy
    • Hummed by Jeanette MacDonald
    • Reprised on piano by Brandon Tynan and sung by Jeanette MacDonald
  • The Wedding March
    • from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61
    • Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
    • Played on a banjo and hummed by Cliff Edwards

Box office[]

According to MGM records the film earned $2,882,000 resulting in a profit of $243,000.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931–40 published by The American Film Institute, c.1993

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