The Ruby and the Pearl
1953


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Highlights
  • Written for the 1952 Paramount Pictures film Thunder in The East, starring Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer and Alan Ladd, directed by Charles Vidor.
  • Based on the novel Rage of the Vulture by Alan Moorehead, published in 1948.
  • Set in 1947 India after gaining independence from Britain. Steve Gibbs (Alan Ladd) is an American arms dealer intent on selling weapons to the local maharaja in a small Indian state. He runs into opposition from the maharaja’s Prime Minister (Charles Boyer), a proponent of Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence, and falls in love with a blind girl played by Deborah Kerr.

WRITTEN BY RAY EVANS & JAY LIVINGSTON
COPYRIGHT 1953


Recording History
The Branford Marsalis Quartet, Eternal
Tina Brooks
Nat King Cole
Perry Como
Dena DeRose, Introducing Dena DeRose
Frankie Laine, The Great American Composers, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, Columbia House, 8651
The LeRoy Holmes Orchestra
Jeri Southern
Lyrics
Spoken:
There's a warm, red ecstasy to love
That makes you tremble with its fire;
And there's a pure white majesty to love.
When you have both you have your heart's desire.

Can love be as warm as the ruby?
Can love be as pure as the pearl?
Just look in the heart of my love for you;
You'll find the ruby and the pearl.

My love will endure as the di'mond
And shine with the shimmer of gold.
It glows as a bright star above for you;
A thing of beauty to behold.

Come close and cling to my kiss.
Stay close and share the passion of this.

Yes, love is as warm as the ruby
And love is as pure as the pearl.
Just look in the heart of my love for you;
You'll find the ruby and the pearl.

Can love be as warm as the ruby?
Can love be as pure as the pearl?
Just look in the heart of my love for you;
You'll find the ruby and the pearl;
The ruby and the pearl.
THE RUBY AND THE PEARL From the Paramount Picture Thunder In The East, Famous Music Corporation, 1952. Music and Words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans (Special Picture Release)