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  • Call of the Flesh (1930)
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    100 min | Musical, Romance
Call of the Flesh (1930)
Passed
100 min | Musical, Romance

Juan de Dios, from a poor working-class background, is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola. They have a contentious professional and personal relationship, her jealous self cannot tolerate his constant...See moreJuan de Dios, from a poor working-class background, is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola. They have a contentious professional and personal relationship, her jealous self cannot tolerate his constant flirting. He really aspires to be a serious opera singer, under the tutelage of Estaban. Once the greatest impresario in Spain himself, Estaban lost everything because of the same reckless behavior that Juan now exhibits, behavior which Estaban is trying to quell in Juan. Estaban's plan is to get one of his old contacts in Madrid, an impresario, to manage Juan's career to get him serious singing gigs, leading to that fame and fortune Esteban once used to have. It's love at first sight when Juan meets Maria Consuelo Vargas. What he initially doesn't know is that their meeting was by no accident; she, a postulant at St. Agustín convent who just escaped from that life, had been mesmerized by him and his singing every time she saw him as she peered over the convent wall to the cantina. As she tells him that she has no home, he takes her in. When he learns that she used to be a nun in training, he has to decide whether to marry her or try to get her back to the convent. Factored into his decision: her brother, Army Captain Enrique Vargas, who believes she is destined to be married to God; jealous Lola; and his and Estaban's own aspirations for his singing career. Written by Huggo See less
Director
Writers
Dorothy Farnum (story) | John Colton (dialogue)
Cinematographer
Merritt B. Gerstad (photographed by)
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Release date
Aug 16, 1930 (United States)

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16 cast members
Name Known for
Ramon Novarro
Juan de Dios Juan de Dios   See fewer
Dorothy Jordan
Maria Consuelo Vargas Maria Consuelo Vargas   See fewer
Ernest Torrence
Esteban Esteban   See fewer
Nance O'Neil
Mother Superior Mother Superior   See fewer
Mathilde Comont
La Rumbarita La Rumbarita   See fewer
Russell Hopton
Captain Enrique Vargas Captain Enrique Vargas   See fewer
Sidney D'Albrook
Police Officer (uncredited) Police Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Julia Griffith
Dowager Empress Opera Spectator (uncredited) Dowager Empress Opera Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Fred Hueston
Opera Spectator (uncredited) Opera Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian Lawrence
Nun (uncredited) Nun (uncredited)   See fewer
Lillian Leighton
Shawl Vendor (uncredited) Shawl Vendor (uncredited)   See fewer
Adolph Milar
Police Officer (uncredited) Police Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Rolfe Sedan
Actor in Opera (uncredited) Actor in Opera (uncredited)   See fewer
Leo White
Impressario's Assistant (uncredited) Impressario's Assistant (uncredited)   See fewer
Frank Yaconelli
Fruit Vendor (uncredited) Fruit Vendor (uncredited)   See fewer
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