Acting
MacDonald's voice could shatter glass and hearts simultaneously
Score
Sigmund Romberg operetta numbers that refuse to be subtle
Costume
Lace, ruffles, and revolutionary rags—wardrobe had RANGE
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Jeanette MacDonald
Marianne de Beaumanoir
Nelson Eddy
Charles
Mary Boland
Valerie de Rossac
George Zucco
Vicomte Ribaud
H.B. Warner
Father Michel
Grant Mitchell
Governor of New Orleans
Stanley Fields
Tambour
Dick Purcell
Alexander
John Miljan
Pierre Brugnon
Ivan F. Simpson
Guizot
Claude King
Monsieur Dubois
Cecil Cunningham
Governor's Wife
Joe Yule
Maurice
George Irving
Ship's Captain
Edwin Maxwell
Captain de Jean
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the sixth MacDonald-Eddy pairing; their real-life tension reportedly made the longing scenes genuinely electric.
The film whitewashes Louisiana's complex racial history entirely, presenting colonial romance without enslaved people—a 1940s Hollywood specialty.
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