The Firefly is a 1937 musical film Directed by Robert Z. Leonardstarring Jeanette MacDonald and Allan Jones.
The film is an adaptation of the operetta of the same name by composer Rudolf Friml and librettist Otto A. Harbach that
premiered on Broadway in 1912. The film used nearly all of the music from the operetta but jettisoned the plot in favor of a new
storyline set in Spain during the time of the Emperor Napoleon I. It added a new song, "The Donkey Serenade" (a reworking by
Herbert Stothart of Friml's 1918 orchestral piece 'Chanson'), which became extremely popular, as was one of the Friml songs,
"Giannina Mia". The original release prints of the film were elaborately tinted with Sepia-Blue, Sepia-Orange and Sepia-Blue-Pink.
Cast:
Jeanette MacDonald as Nina Maria Azara
Allan Jones as Don Diego / Captain Andre
Warren William as Colonel de Rouchemont
Billy Gilbert as Inn Keeper
Douglass Dumbrille as Marquis de Melito
Henry Daniell as General Savary
Leonard Penn as Etienne DuBois
Tom Rutherford as King Ferdinard (as Tom Rutherfurd)
Belle Mitchell as Lola
George Zucco as St. Clair, Secret Service Chief
Corbet Morris as Duvall (as Corbett Morris)
Matthew Boulton as Duke of Wellington
Riley Hill (credited as Roy Harris) - Lieutenant
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