The Song of the Flame
1930 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
This was a screen version of the 1925 operetta by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Herbert Stohart, and George Gershwin. The story of the movie is about a peasant who is known as "The Flame" who leads a revolution in Russia. This peasant who is in love with a Russian prince saves his life by agreeing to sacrifice her virginity to an evil fellow-conspirator. This was an all Technicolor musical which was had a sequence in Vitascope (a Warner Brother's wide screen process).
Direction Alan Crosland
Cast Alexander Gray · Bernice Claire · Noah Beery · Alice Gentle · Bert Roach · Inez Courtney
Soundtrack David Mendoza
Screenplay Gordon Rigby · Oscar Hammerstein II · Otto Harbach
Cinematography Lee Garmes
Original title The Song of the Flame
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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