Naughty Marietta (1935)
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43% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
85% of users liked it
(600 ratings)
The first of MGM's phenomenally profitable Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy musicals, Naughty Marietta takes several beneficial liberties with the libretto of the original Victor Herbert operetta. MacDonald plays an 18th-century French princess who escapes an arranged marriage by posing as a… More The first of MGM's phenomenally profitable Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy musicals, Naughty Marietta takes several beneficial liberties with the libretto of the original Victor Herbert operetta. MacDonald plays an 18th-century French princess who escapes an arranged marriage by posing as a "cake girl," a mail-order bride sent to the New World to marry a colonist. En route, MacDonald and the other brides are captured by pirates, but are rescued by mercenary Eddy and his roistering companions. To avoid marrying some lowly farmer or frontiersman, simon-pure MacDonald intimates that she is a woman with a "history," which makes her attractive to the glitterati of old New Orleans. Only Eddy sees through MacDonald's feigned "naughtiness," and in the end claims her for his own. The most memorable of the Herbert songs retained for the film version of Naughty Marietta was "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life", which remained one of Jeanette MacDonald's signature tunes ever afterward. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- W.S. Van Dyke, Albert Hackett
- Written By
- Albert Hackett
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
G,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1935 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
The comedy being insufficient to sustain this much footage, with no especially exciting action, provides serious handicaps.
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Andre Sennwald, New York Times
Pictorially handsome in the lavish Metro style, the work tells its story in spirited, romantic episodes which catch your fancy quite independently of the songs and the music.
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Tom Milne, Time Out
The first MacDonald-Eddy vehicle, enormously popular in its day so somebody must have been able to stand this simpering duo.
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The score includes the parodist's favorite, "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life," and other numbers too annoying to mention.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
A much underrated if not great film, Naughty Marietta features some particulary amusing supporting work by Harold Huber and Edward Brophy.
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Cast
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Jeanette MacDonald
as Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain ...
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Nelson Eddy
as Capt. Richard Warrington
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Frank Morgan
as Governor Gaspard d'Annard
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Elsa Lanchester
as Mme. d'Annard
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Douglas Dumbrille
as Uncle
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Joseph Cawthorn
as Herr Schuman
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Walter Kingsford
as Don Carlos de Braganza
- Jane Barnes
- Arthur Belasco
- Ralph Brooks
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Edward S. Brophy
as Ezekiel Cramer "Zeke"
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William Burress
as Bouget Petshop Keeper
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Olive Carey
as Mme. Renavant
- Jean Chatburn
- Edmund Cobb
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Cora Sue Collins
as Felice
- Harry Cording
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William Desmond
as Gendarme Chief
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Billy Dooley
as Marietta's Drunk "Brother"
- Mary Doran
- Tex Driscoll
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Mary Foy
as Duenna
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Roger Gray
as Sergeant
- Frank S. Hagney
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Ben Hall
as Mama's Boy
- Edward Hearn
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Harold Huber
as Abraham "Abe"
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Dr. Edouard Lippe
as Innkeeper
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Walter Long
as Pirate Leader
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Wilfred Lucas
as Herald at Ball
- Marjorie Main
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Bob McKenzie
as Town Crier
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Louis Mercier
as Duelist
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Greta Meyer
as Frau Schuman
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James C. Morton
as Barber
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Jack Mower
as Nobleman
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Edward Norris
as Marie's Suitor
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Cecilia Parker
as Julie
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Richard Powell
as Herald
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Constantine Romanoff
as Pirate
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Henry Roquemore
as Herald
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Akim Tamiroff
as Rudolpho Puppet Master
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Harry Tenbrook
as Prospective Groom
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Guy Usher
as Ship's Captain
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William Moore
as Suitor
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Ed Brady
as Mercenary Scout
- Kay English
- Patricia Farley
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Helen Shipman
as Marietta Franini
- Charles Dunbar
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Delos Jewkes
as Priest on Dock
- Jane Mercer
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Linda Parker
as Casquette Girl
