The Firefly
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“Jeanette MacDonald Is The Luminous Singing Spy!”
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
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Cast
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Jeanette MacDonald
Nina Maria
Known for
Love Me Tonight
San Francisco
Allan Jones
Don Diego
Known for
A Night at the Opera
A Day at the Races
Warren William
Major de Rouchemont
Known for
Gold Diggers of 1933
The Wolf Man
Billy Gilbert
Innkeeper
Known for
The Great Dictator
Fun and Fancy Free
Henry Daniell
General Savary
Known for
The Great Dictator
Witness for the Prosecution
Douglass Dumbrille
Marquis de Melito
Known for
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Ten Commandments
Leonard Penn
Etienne
Known for
Bachelor Mother
Tom Rutherford
King Ferdinard
Also in
Rosalie
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Belle Mitchell
Lola
Known for
Soylent Green
The Mark of Zorro
George Zucco
Secret Service Chief
Known for
The Mummy's Hand
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Corbet Morris
Duval
Also in
Tarzan's Revenge
The Spider Returns
Matthew Boulton
Wellington
Known for
Sabotage
The Woman in Green
Robert Z. Leonard Director · Frances Goodrich Screenplay Albert Hackett Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $1.5M · United States release November 5, 1937
Box office
Budget
$1,495,000
Worldwide gross
$1,244,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 5, 1937
Theatrical
Germany
July 20, 1938 · Theatrical
Russia
January 10, 1949 · Theatrical · Субтитры – к/ст им. Горького, 1948 г.
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