The Rogue Song
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The Rogue Song is a 1930 musical romance film which tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. It stars Lawrence Tibbett, Catherine Dale Owen, Nance O'Neil, Judith Vosselli, Ullrich Haupt, Elsa Alsen and Florence Lake. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have small roles, which were filmed at the last minute and interspersed to increase the film's box office appeal.
The movie was adapted by John Colton and Frances Marion from the operetta Gypsy Love by Robert Bodansky and A. M. Willner. It was directed by Lionel Barrymore and Hal Roach (uncredited).
It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor (Lawrence Tibbett).
No complete print of the movie is known to exist. One reel featuring a ballet sequence survives intact, another surviving reel features Lawrence Tibbet singing to Catherine Dale Own. In addition, a short fragment exists which is the only surviving footage featuring Laurel & Hardy. The original trailer also survives intact. In addition, the complete soundtrack survives, due to the fact that is was recorded on seperate Vitaphone disks.
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