Naughty Marietta (film)

Naughty Marietta (film)

Naughty Marietta is a 1935 film based on the operetta Naughty Marietta by Victor Herbert: Jeanette MacDonald stars as a vivacious Princess who trades places with her maid Marietta in order to avoid an arranged marriage. Instead, she sails for New Orleans and is rescued from pirates by Captain Richard Warrington (Nelson Eddy), with whom she falls in love.

Five of Victor 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"
• "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Along the Highway)"

Additional lyrics for several of Herbert's songs were penned for the film by Gus Kahn. The songs "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" and "I'm Falling in Love With Someone" were used in the Broadway adaptation of Thoroughly Modern Millie. The film was written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, John Lee Mahin and Rida Johnson Young.