Naughty Marietta (film)

Naughty Marietta
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard W. S. Van Dyke
Screenplay by	Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett John Lee Mahin
Based on	Naughty Marietta 1910 operetta by Victor Herbert and Rida Johnson Young
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg W. S. Van Dyke
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan Douglass Dumbrille
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Music by	Victor Herbert
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc.
Release dates	March 8, 1935 (1935-03-08) (Premiere) March 29, 1935 (1935-03-29)
Running time	103 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$782,000[2]
Box office	$2.1 million[2]

Naughty Marietta is a 1935 American romantic musical film based on the 1910 operetta of the same name by Victor Herbert. Jeanette MacDonald stars as a princess who flees an arranged marriage. She sails for New Orleans and is rescued from pirates by Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy). Five of Herbert's most famous songs come from the score of Naughty Marietta, with words by lyricist Rida Johnson Young: "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "Italian Street Song", "Neath the Southern Moon", "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" and "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Along the Highway)". Additional lyrics for several of Herbert's songs were penned for the film by Gus Kahn. The film was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin and Rida Johnson Young.