IMDb plot summary: In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke. Starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, and Elsa Lanchester.
This is… oddly compelling, and I can’t put my finger on why exactly, because if I examine the individual pieces of it, none of them stand out as, “Ah, yes, that’s why I liked this movie.” But it all comes together into something very charming and engaging, and I really enjoy how abruptly the rather significant conflict is wrapped up at the end. We don’t have time for anything more elaborate than that, there are songs to be sung! And unlike a lot of films about upper-class women running away to find their freedom (there are a surprising amount of these) I actually feel like Marietta might do all right off on her own.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Naughty Marietta > Inland Empire
Naughty Marietta < An American Werewolf in London
Naughty Marietta > Away We Go
Naughty Marietta > Oliver Twist (1948)
Naughty Marietta > Billy Elliot the Musical Live
Naughty Marietta < Show Me Love
Naughty Marietta < The Happening
Naughty Marietta < There Will Be Blood
Naughty Marietta > The Matador
Naughty Marietta < The Mummy (1932)
Naughty Marietta < Hannah Arendt
Naughty Marietta > Andhadhun
Final spot: #852 out of 3055.
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