The Desert Song poster

Movie · 1929

The Desert Song

Released 8 April 1929 More from 1929 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Johnny Arthur
as Benny Kidd
45
John Boles
as The Red Shadow
33
Myrna Loy
as Azuri
23
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
22years between the oldest and youngest billed
45Johnny Arthur — oldest on the call sheet
23Myrna Loy — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast
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