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Naughty Marietta
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1hr 46min
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1935
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Synopsis: The first of MGM's phenomenally profitable Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy musicals, Naughty Marietta takes several beneficial liberties with the libretto of the original Victor Herbert operetta. MacDonald plays an 18th-century French princess who escapes an arranged marriage by posing as a "cake girl," a mail-order bride sent to the New World to marry a colonist. En route, MacDonald and the other brides are captured by pirates, but are rescued by mercenary Eddy and his roistering companions. To avoid ... Full Synopsis
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Naughty Marietta was the first pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, who together defined forever the film operetta, fixing in most people's minds an image of overwrought vocalizing, stiff and/or stuffy acting, ridiculous plots and period settings. Well, Marietta's setting is most definitely period, and no one will ever go to bat for the credibility of its plot, but the first two charges are ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain, "Marietta Fr
Capt. Richard Warrington
Governor Gaspard d'Annard
Mme. d'Annard
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