Wolf Song

Wolf Song
Wolf Song
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Victor Fleming
Written by	Keene Thompson; John Farrow; Julian Johnson (intertitles);
Story by	Harvey Fergusson
Produced by	B.P. Fineman; Lucien Hubbard;
Starring	Gary Cooper; Lupe Vélez;
Cinematography	Allen Siegler
Edited by	Eda Warren
Music by	Max Bergunker; Gerard Carbonara;
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 30, 1929;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie); English Intertitles

Wolf Song^[1] is a 1929 American sound part-talkie Western romance film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Gary Cooper and Lupe Vélez.^[2] While the film has a few sequences with dialog, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

Based on a story by Harvey Fergusson, the film is about a man who heads out west in 1840 looking for adventure and meets a group of mountain men who take him into the Rocky Mountains to trap beavers and cats. The man meets a beautiful Mexican woman in Taos who comes from a proud and wealthy family. They fall in love and elope, and he becomes torn between his love for her and his desire for travelin'. The film contains a synchronized score and sound effects, as well as some synchronized singing sequences. This Pre-Code film is notable for showing Gary Cooper almost entirely nude as he shaves and washes in a river.^[3]

Plot

Sam Lash (Gary Cooper) is a fur trapper with a randy reputation when it comes to women. But when Sam meets tempestuous Mexican damsel Lola Salazar (Velez), he falls deeply in love for the first time in his life. Lola's aristocratic father Don Solomon (Michael Vavitch) disapproves of the romance, forcing Sam to kidnap the girl and high-tail it to the mountains. After a brief period of marital contentment, Sam gets restless and leaves Lola, preferring the company of his trapper pals Gullion (Louis Wolheim) and Rube (Constantin Romanoff). But he relents and returns to his bride—making short work of his bitter enemy, Indian leader Black Wolf (George Rigas).

Cast

Gary Cooper as Sam Lash
Lupe Vélez as Lola Salazar
Louis Wolheim as Gullion
Constantine Romanoff as Rube Thatcher
Michael Vavitch as Don Solomon Salazar
Ann Brody as Duenna
Russ Columbo as Ambrosio Guiterrez
Augustina López as Louisa
George Regas as Black Wolf
Leone Lane as Dance hall girl
Guy Oliver (uncredited)^[2]

Music

The soundtrack featured the following songs:

"Mi Amado" (Harry Warren, Sam Lewis, and Joe Young)
"Yo Te Amo Means I Love You" (Richard A. Whiting and Al Bryan)
“Dolly Dean” (Arthur Lamb and A. Teres)
"Love Take My Heart" (Arthur J. Lamb and A. Teres)^[4]

References

^ "Wolf Song". The Library of Congress. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Wolf Song". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
^ Wolf Song at silentera.com database
^ "Soundtracks for The Wolf Song". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 14, 2012.