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The Rogue Song is a 1930 romantic musical 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. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production was directed by Lionel Barrymore and released in two versions, with and without sound. Hal Roach wrote and directed the Laurel and Hardy sequences and was not credited. The film stars Metropolitan Opera singer Lawrence Tibbett—who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance—and Catherine Dale Owen. Laurel and Hardy were third-billed; their sequences were filmed at the last minute and interspersed throughout the film in an attempt to boost its potential box office appeal.
This film, which was MGM's first all-talking Technicolor film, is partially lost, as there are no known complete prints of this film. Fragments do exist.
Original Release
05/10/1930
US Release
05/10/1930
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lawrence Tibbett | Yegor |
Catherine Dale Owen | Princess Vera |
Nance O'Neil | Princess Alexandra |
Judith Vosselli | Tatiana |
Ullrich Haupt | Prince Serge |
Elsa Alsen | Yegor's mother |
Florence Lake | Nadja |
Lionel Belmore | Ossman |
Wallace MacDonald | Hassan |
Kate Price | Pelrovna |
Directors
Writers
Robert Bodanzky, John Colton, Frances Marion, Wells Root, A.M. Willner
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lawrence Tibbett | Yegor |
Catherine Dale Owen | Princess Vera |
Nance O'Neil | Princess Alexandra |
Judith Vosselli | Tatiana |
Ullrich Haupt | Prince Serge |
Elsa Alsen | Yegor's mother |
Florence Lake | Nadja |
Lionel Belmore | Ossman |
Wallace MacDonald | Hassan |
Kate Price | Pelrovna |
Kewpie Morgan | Frolov |
Burr McIntosh | Count Peter |
James Bradbury Jr. | Azamat |
Stan Laurel | Ali-Bek |
Oliver Hardy | Murza-Bek |
Harry Bernard | Guard |
Frankie Genardi | |
Albertina Rasch | |
John Carroll | Bandit |
Jack Dart | Boy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Bern | Producer |
Irving Thalberg | Producer |