Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 18 (click to see context) from:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Why Margot wants the Red Shadow.
to:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Why Margot wants the Red Shadow.''The whole point.''
Changed line(s) 54,55 (click to see context) from:
The 1929 movie contains examples of the following tropes:
to:
!! The 1929 movie contains examples of the following tropes:
Changed line(s) 59,60 (click to see context) from:
The 1943 movie contains examples of the following tropes:
to:
!! The 1943 movie contains examples of the following tropes:
Changed line(s) 69,70 (click to see context) from:
The 1953 movie contains examples of the following tropes.
to:
!! The 1953 movie contains examples of the following tropes.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 18,20 (click to see context) from:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
-->'''Margot''' (''singing): I want a man who'll shake me, break me.
-->"''Margot"'' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.
-->'''Margot''' (''singing): I want a man who'll shake me, break me.
-->"''Margot"'' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.
to:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
-->'''Margot''' (''singing): I want a man who'll shake me, break me.
-->"''Margot"'' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Why Margot wants the Red Shadow.
-->'''Margot''' (''singing): I want a man who'll shake me, break me.
-->"''Margot"'' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.
Added DiffLines:
*ForeignFanservice
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 64 (click to see context) from:
* RecycledINSPACE!: ''The Desert Song'' WITH NAZIS!
to:
* RecycledINSPACE!: RecycledINSPACE: ''The Desert Song'' WITH NAZIS!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
Added DiffLines:
*RecycledINSPACE!: ''The Desert Song'' WITH NAZIS!
*SettingUpdate: To WorldWarII.
*SettingUpdate: To WorldWarII.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
*SpiritedYoungLady: Margot. Also Azuri, to some extent.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*SpiritedYoungLady: Margot. Also Azuri, to some extent.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943, modernised and starring Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning and in 1953 with Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
to:
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943, modernised and starring Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning Manning, which is now lost, and in 1953 with Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
Changed line(s) 50 (click to see context) from:
* TheVamp: Azuri
to:
* TheVamp: Azuri TheVamp
Changed line(s) 67,68 (click to see context) from:
* TeacherStudentRomance: Paul/El Khobar is
to:
*CutSong: Almost ''all of the original score'', except for "One Alone", "One Flower Grows Alone In Your Garden", "Romance", "The Desert Song", and "The Riff Song."
*MovieBonusSong: "Long Live The Night" and "Gay Parisienne" from the 1943 version.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Paul/El Khobaris
is now Margot's Latin tutor.
*TheGeneralsDaughter: Margot
*MovieBonusSong: "Long Live The Night" and "Gay Parisienne" from the 1943 version.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Paul/El Khobar
*TheGeneralsDaughter: Margot
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*BellyDancer: Azuri.
Added DiffLines:
*WomanScorned: Guess who?
Added DiffLines:
*LesCollaborateurs: New Moroccan villain Caid Youseff.
Added DiffLines:
The 1953 movie contains examples of the following tropes.
*TeacherStudentRomance: Paul/El Khobar is
*TeacherStudentRomance: Paul/El Khobar is
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 57 (click to see context) from:
* MovieBonusSong: ''Many.'' "Asmar El Loon," "Gay Parisienne", "Fifi's Song," and "Long Live The Night" are three examples.
to:
* MovieBonusSong: ''Many.'' "Asmar El Loon," "Gay Parisienne", "Fifi's Song," and "Long Live The Night" are three four examples.
Changed line(s) 59 (click to see context) from:
to:
*ThoseWackyNazis: Are building a railroad with slave labour.
*WorldWarII
*WorldWarII
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 56,57 (click to see context) from:
* The Chanteuse: Margot sings at Benoit's Concert Palace, a nightclub frequented by French colonials.
*
*
to:
*MovieBonusSong: ''Many.'' "Asmar El Loon," "Gay Parisienne", "Fifi's Song," and "Long Live The
* TheChanteuse: Margot sings at Benoit's Concert Palace, a nightclub frequented by French colonials.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 55 (click to see context) from:
to:
*The Chanteuse: Margot sings at Benoit's Concert Palace, a nightclub frequented by French colonials.
*
*
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 50 (click to see context) from:
The 1929 film version contains examples of the following tropes:
to:
The 1929 film version movie contains examples of the following tropes:
Changed line(s) 53 (click to see context) from:
* FakeNationality: None of the actors playing the French, Spanish or Moroccan roles were French, Spanish or Moroccan.
to:
* FakeNationality: None of the actors playing the French, Spanish or Moroccan roles were French, Spanish or Moroccan.Moroccan.
The 1943 movie contains examples of the following tropes:
The 1943 movie contains examples of the following tropes:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 48 (click to see context) :
* UnfortunateImplications: Oh, boy. ''Where to start?'' The whole thing about the Red Shadow actually being a
Changed line(s) 54 (click to see context) from:
* FakeNationality: None of the actors playing the French, Spanish or Arab roles were French, Spanish or Arab.
to:
* FakeNationality: None of the actors playing the French, Spanish or Arab Moroccan roles were French, Spanish or Arab.Moroccan.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
* EarWorm: The songs! Once you've heard them, they will ''never leave your head.''
to:
Added DiffLines:
*UnfortunateImplications: Oh, boy. ''Where to start?'' The whole thing about the Red Shadow actually being a
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 51,53 (click to see context) from:
* ChewingTheScenery: Everyone, but ''especially'' Myrna Loy as Azuri.
to:
Changed line(s) 55,56 (click to see context) from:
* FakeNationality: None of the actors playing the French, Spanish or Arab roles were French, Spanish or Arab. Marie Wells as Spanish woman Clementina.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 37 (click to see context) from:
* IWantSong: "Romance" for Margot and "One Alone" for the Red Shadow.
to:
* IWantSong: "Romance" for Margot and "One Alone" for the Red Shadow. Shadow.
*JustLikeRobinHood
*JustLikeRobinHood
*ObfuscatingStupidity
Deleted line(s) 48,49 (click to see context) :
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* CutSong: "Romance" and "One Good Boy Gone Wrong", a SeductionDuet between Benny and Clementina.
to:
* CutSong: "Romance" and "One Good Boy Gone Wrong", a
*FakeNationality: None of the actors playing the French, Spanish or Arab roles were French, Spanish or Arab. Marie Wells as Spanish woman Clementina.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943, modernised, -starring Dennis Morgan, and Irene Manning- and in 1953 with Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
to:
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943, modernised, -starring modernised and starring Dennis Morgan, Morgan and Irene Manning- Manning and in 1953 with Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
Changed line(s) 50 (click to see context) from:
----The 1929 film version contains examples of the following tropes:
to:
Changed line(s) 52 (click to see context) from:
* CutSong:
to:
* CutSong:CutSong: "Romance" and "One Good Boy Gone Wrong", a SeductionDuet between Benny and Clementina.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943 and 1953, starring Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
to:
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943 and 1953, starring 1943, modernised, -starring Dennis Morgan, and Irene Manning, Manning- and in 1953 with Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
*HalfBreed
*SerenadeYourLover: The title song.
*TheRoaringTwenties
Changed line(s) 42 (click to see context) from:
to:
*TheVamp: Azuri
Changed line(s) 47 (click to see context) from:
----
to:
*ChewingTheScenery: Everyone, but ''especially'' Myrna Loy as Azuri.
*CutSong:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 37 (click to see context) from:
to:
*LovesMyAlterEgo
Changed line(s) 39,41 (click to see context) from:
to:
*TheMaleIngenueMustBeATenor: Averted by Pierre/the Red Shadow, who is a lyric baritone. The tenor is Sid El Kar, a supporting role.
*TwoPersonLoveTriangle
*WhatTheHellHero: The Red Shadow gets one over risking his friends' lives "for your woman."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 35 (click to see context) from:
* IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key", describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song." And arguably, "Azuri's Dance", which is actually a description
to:
* IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key", describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song." And arguably, "Azuri's Dance", which is actually a description of the character by another character. Since Azuri is a dancer, that's the closest thing the show has.
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
to:
*SecretIdentity
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 29 (click to see context) from:
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion''', and RiFfs tend to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Or pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right.
to:
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion''', and RiFfs tend Riffs tended to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Or Muslims also don't pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right.
Changed line(s) 35,38 (click to see context) from:
* IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key'', describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song." And arguably, "Azuri's Dance", which is actually a description
IWantSong:
IWantSong:
to:
* IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key'', Key", describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song." And arguably, "Azuri's Dance", which is actually a description
IWantSong:
*IWantSong: "Romance" for Margot and "One Alone" for the Red Shadow.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 35,37 (click to see context) from:
* IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key'', describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song."
to:
* IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key'', describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song."
" And arguably, "Azuri's Dance", which is actually a description
IWantSong:
IWantSong:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
*CutSong: A few from ''Lady Fair''
*EarWorm: The songs! Once you've heard them, they will ''never leave your head.''
Changed line(s) 32 (click to see context) from:
to:
*IAmSong: Clementina's "Song of The Brass Key'', describing what she does for a living. Also, ''The Riff Song" and "French Military Marching Song."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
-->"'Margot"' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.
to:
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* BawdySong: "Let Love Go" and "If One Flower Goes Alone In Your Garden" sung by Ali Ben Ali and Sid El Kar (Red Shadow's lieutenant) respectively, in support of polygamy.
to:
* BawdySong: "Let Love Go" and "If One Flower Goes Alone In Your Garden" sung by Ali Ben Ali and Sid El Kar (Red Shadow's lieutenant) respectively, in support of polygamy. Also, "It", sung by Benny and Susan.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 16,17 (click to see context) from:
!! This work contains examples of the following tropes:
to:
!! This work The stage version contains examples of the following tropes:
Changed line(s) 23 (click to see context) from:
* BawdySong:
to:
* BawdySong:BawdySong: "Let Love Go" and "If One Flower Goes Alone In Your Garden" sung by Ali Ben Ali and Sid El Kar (Red Shadow's lieutenant) respectively, in support of polygamy.
*DarkestAfrica
Changed line(s) 30,31 (click to see context) from:
* HighClassCallGirl: Clementina, a Spanish courtesan
to:
* HighClassCallGirl: Clementina, a Spanish courtesan
courtesan in Ali Ben Ali's house.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
*BawdySong:
Added DiffLines:
*HighClassCallGirl: Clementina, a Spanish courtesan
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
->''Blue heaven and you and I,\\
And sand kissing a moonlit sky,\\
A desert breeze whispering a lullaby,\\
Only stars above you\\
To see I love you''
-->The title song's chorus
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943 and 1953, starring Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
The plot can be described as ''TheSheik'', with elements of ''TheScarletPimpernel'' and plenty of UnfortunateImplications. It was very topical in 1926 as it was inspired by the Rif Rebellion in Morocco, which had ended the year before, as well as by Rudolph Valentino's sudden death. (Hammerstein and Romberg actually witnessed Valentino's funeral procession outside movie theatres.)
Margot Bonvalet, the female lead, is a beautiful, SpiritedYoungLady who has come to a French Foreign Legion outpost to marry Captain Paul Fontaine, the second-in-command of General Birabeau, who she doesn't love. Pierre, the General's DoggedNiceGuy son, is in love with her, but Margot's type is, in her own words, "an outlaw and a ruffian", a bad boy.
The Legion is pursuing The Red Shadow, a mysterious, Zorro-like figure who wears a red cloak and mask, and leads a band of local Riffs against French rule. He's actually Pierre, who's been using ObfuscatingStupidity to hide what he's really doing. Margot and Paul's wedding date is moved closer in a case of AltarTheSpeed, due to Paul's local lover, WomanScorned Azuri, disobeying the General's orders. BetaCouple Benny and Susan are the subject of a subplot.
In the climax, Margot is kidnapped by the Shadow and taken to the house of ArabOilSheikh Ali Ben Ali, where Azuri leads the General, setting him up to kill his own son or for the Red Shadow to lose the respect of his men by refusing to fight the General.
----
!! This work contains examples of the following tropes:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
-->'''Margot''' (''singing): I want a man who'll shake me, break me.
-->"'Margot"' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.
* AltarTheSpeed: What happens with Margot and Paul's wedding.
* ArabOilSheikh: Ali Ben Ali is a stereotypical one with a harem, fitting the older portrayal.
* BetaCouple: Comic relief pair Benny and Susan.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Pierre is the brave and daring Red Shadow.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion''', and RiFfs tend to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Or pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Pierre's disguise.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: More like "Everyone looks sexier if Moroccan". This is part of why Margot is attracted to the Red Shadow and why Azuri is a vamp.
* GoingNative: Partial aversion--Pierre/the Red Shadow spends his nights among his own ethnic group (the French) and sneaks out when he can.
----
And sand kissing a moonlit sky,\\
A desert breeze whispering a lullaby,\\
Only stars above you\\
To see I love you''
-->The title song's chorus
''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel. It premiered in 1926 in Illinois under the title ''Lady Fair''. Its first performance under the title ''The Desert Song" was at the Casino Theatre on Broadway, starring Vivienne Segal and Robert Halliday. It was adapted into a 1929 movie starring John Boles and Carlotta King. (It was also made into a movie in 1943 and 1953, starring Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Gordon [=MacRae=] and Kathryn Grayson).
The plot can be described as ''TheSheik'', with elements of ''TheScarletPimpernel'' and plenty of UnfortunateImplications. It was very topical in 1926 as it was inspired by the Rif Rebellion in Morocco, which had ended the year before, as well as by Rudolph Valentino's sudden death. (Hammerstein and Romberg actually witnessed Valentino's funeral procession outside movie theatres.)
Margot Bonvalet, the female lead, is a beautiful, SpiritedYoungLady who has come to a French Foreign Legion outpost to marry Captain Paul Fontaine, the second-in-command of General Birabeau, who she doesn't love. Pierre, the General's DoggedNiceGuy son, is in love with her, but Margot's type is, in her own words, "an outlaw and a ruffian", a bad boy.
The Legion is pursuing The Red Shadow, a mysterious, Zorro-like figure who wears a red cloak and mask, and leads a band of local Riffs against French rule. He's actually Pierre, who's been using ObfuscatingStupidity to hide what he's really doing. Margot and Paul's wedding date is moved closer in a case of AltarTheSpeed, due to Paul's local lover, WomanScorned Azuri, disobeying the General's orders. BetaCouple Benny and Susan are the subject of a subplot.
In the climax, Margot is kidnapped by the Shadow and taken to the house of ArabOilSheikh Ali Ben Ali, where Azuri leads the General, setting him up to kill his own son or for the Red Shadow to lose the respect of his men by refusing to fight the General.
----
!! This work contains examples of the following tropes:
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
-->'''Margot''' (''singing): I want a man who'll shake me, break me.
-->"'Margot"' (''about Pierre''): Sometimes I wish he were more of an outlaw and a ruffian.
* AltarTheSpeed: What happens with Margot and Paul's wedding.
* ArabOilSheikh: Ali Ben Ali is a stereotypical one with a harem, fitting the older portrayal.
* BetaCouple: Comic relief pair Benny and Susan.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Pierre is the brave and daring Red Shadow.
* DidNotDoTheResearch: Hoo boy. The Riffs are not desert people, the area of the Rif Mountains was under ''Spanish, not French control at the time of the Rif Rebellion''', and RiFfs tend to be devout Muslims who do not drink alcohol. Or pray to the prophet Muhammad. Then again, they did get the "shoes must be covered during prayer" right.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Pierre's disguise.
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: More like "Everyone looks sexier if Moroccan". This is part of why Margot is attracted to the Red Shadow and why Azuri is a vamp.
* GoingNative: Partial aversion--Pierre/the Red Shadow spends his nights among his own ethnic group (the French) and sneaks out when he can.
----
