The Desert Song

They updated the plot and added four new tunes and managed to cut 35 minutes from the 1929 original. It's still the same nonsense, but everyone is so sincere and seems to be having such a good time that it becomes infectious. Morgan is a Spanish Civil War veteran. He's currently tickling the ivories in a Morocco nightclub and having the start of a fling with Manning, the chanteuse at the boite. The Nazis are in control of the area and use Francen to get the local Riffs to work on a railroad they are planning to build across North Africa. The Riffs are under the thumb of the local French. Morgan, playing a dual role as El Khobar--Leader of the Riffs--convinces Cabot...