Let Freedom Ring

Nelson Eddy Will Surprise You In This Film!
It's great to see Nelson Eddy, cast in his first "solo" role, looking so comfortable and sure: no singing co-star, no tight uniforms, no white wigs, not even a Mountie hat! The handsome, booming baritone sings plenty of songs, all woven beautifully into the story. Eddy returns home from an Eastern college to save his frontier town from the clutches of greedy railroad barons. He masquerades as a toady to Edward Arnold's villainous landgrabber but sets up a hidden printing press to incite the underdogs to rebel against their oppressors. The big burly Irish actor, Victor McLaglen, is hilarious as a ham-fisted foreman of a crew of immigrant laborers who cries real tears when Eddy, at McLaglen's prodding, sings old Irish songs. Lionel Barrymore is Eddy's leathery rancher father, and pretty Virginia Bruce is perfect as the love interest and doesn't even have to sing. Combining handsome, virile Nelson Eddy's gorgeous, strong voice with its message of religious and ethnic...

Nelson Eddy at His Best
First, a word of caution. If you are looking for the Nelson Eddy movie, Let Freedom Ring, make sure that is what you are ordering. There is an unrelated documentary with the exact same title available on DVD, but as of this writing, the Eddy movie is NOT available on DVD. When ordering the movie, look for a VHS tape case with Nelson Eddy and Virginia Bruce on the cover.

The plot of the movie is one of patriotism and tolerance, a message threaded throughout many movies of the WWII era. The entire cast is excellent, but Nelson Eddy stands out as the clear star of the movie.

Eddy plays the prodigal son returning home from college to find his family and the rest of the town being bullied and terrorized by a crooked railroad boss. In a masquerade reminiscent of Zorro, Nelson's character Steve Logan alienates Maggie Adams (Virginia Bruce) the woman he loves as well as his father Tom Logan (Lionel Barrymore) and the rest of his neighbors by assuming a public stance...

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What a treasure of a movie with Nelson Eddy this is hard to get. Nelson Eddy is great a hero that can fight and sing. Wonderful voice a joy to see.

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