Desert Song, The
Broadcast: December 26, 1948
Starring:
Marvin Miller,
Sterling Holloway,
Gordon MacRae,
Clark Dennis,
Carmen Dragon,
Nadine Conner ,
Jean Holloway,
Otto Harbach,
Francis X. Bushman,
Sigmund Romberg,
Norman Luboff Choir,
Oscar Hammerstein II,
Frank Mandel
Added: Dec 27 2022
The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colonial rule. It was also inspired by stories of Lawrence of Arabia aiding native guerrillas. Many tales romanticizing Arab North Africa were in vogue, including Beau Geste and The Son of the Sheik.