Song of the Flame

Song of the Flame is a 1930 musical operetta film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the first color film to feature a widescreen sequence using a process called Vitascope (a Warner Bros. wide screen process). The film, based on the 1925 Broadway musical of the same name, was nominated for an Oscar for "Best Sound Recording." Alice Gentle has the sinister rôle of Natasha. The story, such as it is, runs from St. Petersburg to a small town where there is a fête. It happens at a time when The Flame is exhorting the populace to rebellion. As in most such narratives, the man who falls in love with this heroine is the Prince and the individual who would snare her away with the valuables he has pocketed for himself is the rascal Konstantin. Konstantin, however, as has been told, meets an inglorious end and the Prince becomes one of the masses to win the love of Aniuta, The Flame. Noah Beery was widely praised for his deep bass voice, which he first exhibited it this film in the... full article at wikipedia