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The Garden of Allah

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The Garden of Allah (1936)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:4

Rotten:5

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 85 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: In THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, Domini, a society girl (Marlene Dietrich) mourning the death of her father, travels to the Sahara. There she finds romance with Boris, a monk (Charles Boyer) who has... In THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, Domini, a society girl (Marlene Dietrich) mourning the death of her father, travels to the Sahara. There she finds romance with Boris, a monk (Charles Boyer) who has recently abandoned the monastic life but remains torn between religious devotion and worldly desire, particularly desire for the exceptionally alluring Domini. Dietrich was photographed so beautifully that the cameramen won special Oscars for this early Technicolor film. [More]

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Tilly Losch, Basil Rathbone

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Tilly Losch, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Alan Marshal, Lucile Watson, Henry Brandon, Helen Jerome Eddy, Charles Waldron

Director: Richard Boleslawski

Director: Richard Boleslawski
Screenwriter: W.P. Lipscomb, Lynn Riggs
Producer: David O. Selznick
Composer: Max Steiner

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Just another contract-player time-killer.

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John Hartl
John Hartl
Seattle Times

More a collection of character vignettes than a full-blown story, Garden Party nonetheless shows as much promise for its makers as it gives to its characters.

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Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian

Lacks a fresh point of view and its people lack individuality.

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Kevin Thomas
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Nothing new in writer-director Jason Freeland's Garden Party, then, nor anything particularly insightful about the mercenary business of getting by and ahead out here.

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Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

It's familiar stuff if you've sampled the vast body of work devoted to LA-dammerung.

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Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
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The stars talk gibberish in this romantic melodrama as if they have sand in their mouth.

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Carol Cling
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Exotic romance in early three-strip Technicolor with great stars.

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