Lovely film with great stars, great music, great scenery

I first saw this movie on the Late Show (remember that?) in the mid '60s when I was about 11 years old -

I immediately fell madly in love with Gordon McRae and wanted nothing more than to be the French schoolgirl Margot, who looked 30 years old and sang like a lark and swept McRae's character off his feet.

I saw this movie in b&w, so I didn't get the benefit of the technicolor that some reviewers are praising.

For a pre-pubescent girl, the humor of Benjy Kidd and the Clark-Kentish character of Paul Bonnard (El Khabor) just enthralled me -

I was thrilled when Oklahoma was shown on TV - this was MacRae at his finest - then on Million Dollar Movie (New Yorkers know what I'm talking about) some of his other films such as The West Point Story, Moonlight Bay and others were shown. Since Million Dollar Movie showed the same film the entire week (and twice on Sat/Sun), I have seen those movies 9 times . Nothing could tear me away from that television set!

I then saw "Carousel" and my hero was getting older-- and chubbier --- and his character was not so great compared to Paul Bonnard..

But when I saw that TCM was showing Desert Song on April 18, 2010, I gave it a shot - I thought that in the eyes of this 50+year old the film and story would be tired and worn.


Well.

This did not disappoint! Big crush on Gordon MacRae all over again, wish I was Margot the French schoolgirl who looks 30, ha ha, and loved the humor with Benjy Kidd...

Everytime I heard the name El Khabor, I immediately thought of El Kabong - all you boomers out there know who I'm talking about, ha ha - Quick Draw McGraw's alter-ego.

And this was awesome in technicolor - my goodness, could Kathryn Grayson's lipstick BE any REDDER?!!!

Great film with lovely music and sweet romance.

"Hi! Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?"
"Are they made from real Girl Scouts?"