The Garden of Allah (Richard Boleslawski director, Selznick International 1936)
Dietrich loves and leaves Charles Boyer for God in this Selznick Technicolor feast. With a stellar cast, including Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, and Joseph Schildkraut. The Garden of Allah is a US 1936 American romantic melodrama directed by Richard Boleslawski and produced by David O Selznick. The screenplay was written by William P Lipscomb and LYNN RIGGS who based it on the 1904 novel of the same title by Robert S Hichens. This third film version was the first sound version. The music score is by Max Steiner. It was the third feature film to be photographed in three-strip Technicolor. Uncredited cinematographers W Howard Greene and Harold Rosson received a special Oscar for advances in color cinematography. The filming locations were in Buttercup, California and Yuma, Arizona.
