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The Firefly

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Calorie Rating: 184
Released: 1937-11-05
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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...

Director / Directors

Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director


Cast

Jeanette MacDonald
Character: Nina Maria
Allan Jones
Character: Don Diego
Warren William
Character: Major de Rouchemont

Billy Gilbert
Character: Innkeeper
Henry Daniell
Character: General Savary
Douglass Dumbrille
Character: Marquis de Melito

Leonard Penn
Character: Etienne
Tom Rutherford
Character: King Ferdinard
Belle Mitchell
Character: Lola

George Zucco
Character: Secret Service Chief
Corbet Morris
Character: Duval
Matthew Boulton
Character: Wellington

Stanley Price
Character: Joseph Bonaparte (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe
Character: Izquierdo (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Character: English General (uncredited)

Pedro de Cordoba
Character: Spanish General (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Character: French Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Character: French Soldier Admirer (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz
Character: Captain Pierlot (uncredited)
Robert Spindola
Character: Juan (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Character: Civilian Spanish Patriot (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan
Character: Hat Vendor (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Character: Pablo (uncredited)
Karl Hackett
Character: Spaniard (uncredited)

Lane Chandler
Character: Captain of Guards (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
Character: French Lieutenant (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Character: Pigeon Vendor (uncredited)

Pat Somerset
Character: English General (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Drew Demorest
Character: French Officer (uncredited)

William Crowell
Character: French Officer (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Character: French Officer (uncredited)
Donald Reed
Character: French Officer (uncredited)

Pilar Arcos
Character: Gypsy (uncredited)
Zita Baca
Character: Gypsy (uncredited)
Soledad Gonzales
Character: Gypsy (uncredited)

Robert Z. Leonard
Character: Café Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Character: Waiter (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Ogden Nash
Adaptation
Albert Hackett
Screenplay

Otto A. Harbach
Theatre Play
Gus Kahn
Lyricist

Bob Wright
Lyricist

Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography

Adrian
Costume Design

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction