The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)

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The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) is a 1938 MGM musical Western starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, adapted from David Belasco’s play and Puccini’s opera about a saloonkeeper’s romance during the California Gold Rush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
adaptationOf opera
stage play
artDirector Cedric Gibbons
basedOn La fanciulla del West
The Girl of the Golden West (play)
basedOnAuthor David Belasco
basedOnComposer Giacomo Puccini
character Mary Robbins
Ramirez
Sheriff Jack Rance
cinematographer Allen M. Davey
Oliver T. Marsh
colorProcess black-and-white
costumeDesigner Adrian
countryOfOrigin United States
director Robert Z. Leonard
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor Blanche Sewell
genre Western
musical
leadActor Nelson Eddy
leadActress Jeanette MacDonald
mainCharacterOccupation saloonkeeper
musicBy Herbert Stothart
Sigmund Romberg
narrativeLocation California
mining camp
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A saloonkeeper in California during the Gold Rush falls in love with a bandit while pursued by a sheriff who also loves her.
producer Hunt Stromberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseYear 1938
screenwriter Boyce DeGaw
Isabel Dawn
settingPeriod California Gold Rush
stars Buddy Ebsen
Jeanette MacDonald
Leo Carrillo
Nelson Eddy
Walter Pidgeon
studioSystemEra Classical Hollywood cinema
theme law and outlawry
redemption
romance
title The Girl of the Golden West

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Robert Kern workedOn The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
Hunt Stromberg notableWork The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)
The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film) basedOn The Girl of the Golden West (play)
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