• Source: The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)

      • The Girl of the Golden West is a 1938 American musical Western film adapted from the 1905 play of the same name by David Belasco, better known for providing the plot of the opera La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini. A frontier woman falls in love with an outlaw.


      Plot


      In a remote mining camp in California, a group of miners seeks their fortune during the Gold Rush. The miners frequent a saloon run by Mary, who is known as the "Girl of the Golden West." Mary is beloved by the miners.
      Mary's life takes a turn when a notorious bandit and outlaw named Dick Johnson arrives in town under the alias "Ramirez." He is on the run from the law, and when he takes refuge in Mary's saloon, he and Mary quickly fall in love. Mary, unaware of his true identity, shelters and protects him.
      Sheriff Jack Rance, who is infatuated with Mary, becomes suspicious of the newcomer and starts investigating Ramirez's background. Rance discovers Ramirez's true identity and plans to capture him. Mary is torn between her love for Ramirez and her loyalty to the miners and her sense of justice. Mary must make a difficult choice that will determine the fate of the man she loves. When Jack shoots him, Mary hides him in the loft of her cabin. Blood dripping through the ceiling alerts Jack to Dick's presence. While Dick lies unconscious on the floor. Mary and Jack play cards for Dick's life against her staying with Jack. She wins by cheating, but Jack discovers it. He lets Dick go and embraces a weeping Mary.
      The boys throw a farewell party for Mary and Jack, who leave for Monterey to be married there by the padre. Planning to start a new life, Dick visits the padre. Mary and Jack arrive to be married. She hears Dick humming and tells him to flee. Jack overhears her confession of love and goes back to Cloudy. Dissolve to Dick and Mary in a covered wagon, singing “Señorita” and ending with a kiss.


      Cast


      Jeanette MacDonald as Mary Robbins
      Nelson Eddy as Ramirez
      Walter Pidgeon as Sheriff Jack Rance
      Leo Carrillo as Mosquito
      Buddy Ebsen as Alabama
      Leonard Penn as Pedro
      Priscilla Lawson as Nina Martinez
      Bob Murphy as Sonora Slim
      Olin Howland as Trinidad Joe
      Cliff Edwards as Minstrel Joe
      Billy Bevan as Nick
      Brandon Tynan as The Professor
      H.B. Warner as Father Sienna
      Monty Woolley as The Governor
      Charley Grapewin as Uncle Davy (in prologue)
      Noah Beery Sr. as The General – in prologue (as Noah Beery Sr.)
      Bill Cody Jr. as Gringo (young Ramirez; in prologue)
      Jeanne Ellis as Young Mary Robbins (in prologue)
      Ynez Seabury as Wowkle


      Soundtrack


      Sun-Up to Sun Down; Played during the opening credits
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Jeanne Ellis and the pioneers in the prologue
      Shadows On The Moon
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Jeanne Ellis at a campfire in the prologue
      Reprised by Jeanette MacDonald
      Whistled and hummed by Nelson Eddy
      Soldiers Of Fortune
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Noah Beery and his men in the prologue, Bill Cody Jr. (dubbed by Raymond Chace) in the prologue
      Reprised by Nelson Eddy and his men
      The Wind In The Trees
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
      Played on a fife by Buddy Ebsen
      Gwine to Rune All Night (1850); (De Camptown Races)
      Written by Stephen Foster
      Played as background music in the saloon
      Polly Wolly Doodle
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Played on piano by Brandon Tynan
      Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
      Ave Maria
      Music by Charles Gounod
      Adopted from the First Prelude in The Well-Termpered Clavier
      By Johann Sebastian Bach
      Played on an organ by H.B. Warner
      Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and chorus
      Señorita
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Nelson Eddy and party guests
      Reprised by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
      Mariache
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Additional lyrics by Carlos Ruffino
      Translation for Spanish lyrics by Zacharias Yaconelli (uncredited)
      Sung by Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and chorus
      Danced to by the party guests
      The West Ain't Wild Anymore
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Buddy Ebsen
      Who Are We To Say
      Music by Sigmund Romberg
      Lyrics by Gus Kahn
      Sung by Nelson Eddy
      Hummed by Jeanette MacDonald
      Reprised on piano by Brandon Tynan and sung by Jeanette MacDonald
      The Wedding March
      from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61
      Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
      Played on a banjo and hummed by Cliff Edwards
      Señorita
      Reprise by Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy


      Box office


      According to MGM records the film earned $2,882,000 resulting in a profit of $243,000.


      References




      External links


      The Girl of the Golden West at IMDb
      The Girl of the Golden West at AllMovie
      The Girl of the Golden West at the TCM Movie Database
      The Girl of the Golden West at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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