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Jeanette MacDonald portrays Nina Maria, who sings, dances and spies for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Early in the story, Nina is eager to discourage an amorous French officer, so she feigns interest in Don Diego (Allan Jones). Now, she has a bigger problem - discouraging Don Diego, who is actually a French counterspy. His mission: shadow Nina Maria! Rudolf Friml's 1912 work provides the basis for this memorable musical that keeps some original songs (including "Giannina Mia"), revises others and introduces a now-classic charmer: "The Donkey Serenade" (engagingly set to the clip-clop of a mule-drawn coach), which became Jones' signature song throughout his career.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By New Yorker
Everyone says that the story moves too slowly, and everyone's right. But what is said too
seldom is that this is one of MacDonald's best roles, with lots of singing of her special
kind and even some dancing. (She also plays the piano, and supposedly did her
own playing, though, given the mechanics of film production, this seems unlikely. It
would have been easier to let her mime to any old pianist's pre-recording.)
Allan Jones is fun, too, and he gets the film's best known number,
"The Donkey Serenade," which was arranged from a Friml piece called "Chansonette." All the
other main numbers come from Friml's stage Firefly, except for "He Who Loves and Runs
Away," which is supposedly by Friml, though, judging from a little bit of research,
it would appear that no one really knows its source. The craziest
thing about this film is that the story hasn't even a shred of a relationship with that
of the stage show. That was a modern-dress piece about a street singer who becomes a
famous diva. MacDonald's Firefly is a spy drama, set during Napoleon's invasion of
Spain.
In short: it's neither a wonderful nor a terrible film in its contents, but MacDonald
fans will really enjoy it. You get your momney's worth, too: it's looooooong.
seldom is that this is one of MacDonald's best roles, with lots of singing of her special
kind and even some dancing. (She also plays the piano, and supposedly did her
own playing, though, given the mechanics of film production, this seems unlikely. It
would have been easier to let her mime to any old pianist's pre-recording.)
Allan Jones is fun, too, and he gets the film's best known number,
"The Donkey Serenade," which was arranged from a Friml piece called "Chansonette." All the
other main numbers come from Friml's stage Firefly, except for "He Who Loves and Runs
Away," which is supposedly by Friml, though, judging from a little bit of research,
it would appear that no one really knows its source. The craziest
thing about this film is that the story hasn't even a shred of a relationship with that
of the stage show. That was a modern-dress piece about a street singer who becomes a
famous diva. MacDonald's Firefly is a spy drama, set during Napoleon's invasion of
Spain.
In short: it's neither a wonderful nor a terrible film in its contents, but MacDonald
fans will really enjoy it. You get your momney's worth, too: it's looooooong.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
love me a spy vs spy film, the plot was most intriguing and Jeanette quite fetching, enjoyed the alluring gypsy camoflauge dance and the portrayal of French Occupied Spain, force all to pay homage to Napoleon, etc., perhaps not as accurate as the history books but 1937 rarely veered far from dance reviews so I enjoyed this film.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The Firefly veers between being ultra corny with a little darkness thrown in and then back to cornball. It shows Jeanette MacDonald in a typical big budget movie musical thats befitting of the era and of the star. Jeanette works very hard dancing with skill and of course supplying us with several songs. She always sang along with her pre-recorded voice when filming. Her acting is serviceable but she was challenged by being shallow and it was in the films with Nelson Eddy that really showed her full range of talent. I'm a fan of Jeanette's and I feel this isn't her best. The real stand out here is the handsome Allen Jones who was a magnificent singer and a natural actor who's charm shown through. Unfortunately, his Hollywood career never really took off.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
MacDonald without Eddy! Tsk! tsk!
Fun to watch and hear, but only if you have nothing better to do. Alan Jones does a commendable job,
and this film gave him his "theme song" !
and this film gave him his "theme song" !
Published 2 months ago by Paul Barselou
5.0 out of 5 stars
bobbin
This is my mom and I's favorite Jeanette McDonald movie, I am so happy it finally came out on DVD. The picture and sound was wonderful. i would highly recommend it to anyone :)
Published 10 months ago by bobbin
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Jeanette MacDonald Musical that showcases her best
This film is a good watch with Jeanette MacDonald at her best.
The other great attraction is Allan Jones singing the 'Donkey Serenade' to a coy but interested Jeanette... Read more
The other great attraction is Allan Jones singing the 'Donkey Serenade' to a coy but interested Jeanette... Read more
Published 11 months ago by A Movie Buff
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good But Not Great Movie
The DVD is good quality but has no authoring, i.e., indexing or extra features.
The film itself is good but too long. Read more
The film itself is good but too long. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Communer
