The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)

The Girl of the Golden West is a 1938 musical western film. It was adapted from the 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.

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• Cast
• Soundtrack
• Box office
• References

Cast

Jeanette MacDonald as Mary Robbins

Nelson Eddy as Ramerez

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

Composer unknown

Played as background music in the saloon

Liebestraum (Dream of Love)

Music by Franz Liszt

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-Tempered 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

Box office

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