Director:
Robert Z. LeonardCámara:
Oliver T. MarshMúsica:
Rudolf FrimlReparto:
Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Billy Gilbert, Douglass Dumbrille, Henry Daniell, George Zucco, Dennis O'Keefe, Rolfe Sedan, Alan Curtis (más)Reseñas (1)
The operetta The Firefly (1912) was a breakthrough in Rudolf Friml's American career. It was an extraordinary success, with 120 performances of the first production on Broadway. In the 1930s, Friml's name is often associated with Jeanette MacDonald's operetta films produced by MGM. However, times have changed, and L. B. Mayer decided that MacDonald's subsequent films could no longer be all relaxing and beautiful, and had the original plot about an Italian singer on the streets of New York adapted to take into account the ongoing Spanish Civil War. That's how MacDonald became a spy from Francisco Goya's time. Garbo could have been her role model as much as The Mysterious Lady or Mata Hari. The Spanish motifs correspond to Hollywood's idea of the Hispanic world, as in Dietrich's film The Devil Is a Woman. MacDonald's acting partners were Allan Jones and Warren William, representing ideal opposites.
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