The Best of the Operetta Duo

LeonardKniffel

This has to be one of the best of the eight film pairings of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. "Indian Love Call" has been parodied so any times that it helps to hear the original, and you will find it calling you-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo back to this film for its production values, its earnest romanticism, and the sight of Eddy in his Canadian Mounties uniform. There's an opera within the operetta, which give MacDonald and Alan Jones an opportunity to sing parts of Charles Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette." Watch for early screen appearances of David Niven and James Stewart. It's also interesting to note that the opulence of the sets was exactly what people wanted to see on screen during the Great Depression. --Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013

score 8/10

LeonardKniffel 6 April 2020

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