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''The Firefly'' is a 1937 musical film starring 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'〔http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W4280_GBAJY9806711&vw=dc〕), which became extremely popular, as was one of the Friml songs, "Giannina Mia". ==Plot== Secret agent Nina Maria Azara (Jeanette MacDonald) is working undercover for the King of Spain (Tom Rutherford) as a singer known as the "Mosca del Fuego" or "Firefly."〔http://www.allmovie.com/work/the-firefly-17420〕 Despite her love for Captain Andre (Allan Jones), she tricks him so that his general will change the French defensive positions, thus allowing the Duke of Wellington to win the Battle of Vitoria. In the end Nina and Andre leave together for a new life in peace. ==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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Firefly (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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