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| The Firefly | |
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Screenplay by | Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett Ogden Nash |
| Based on | The Firefly 1912 operetta by Otto A. Harbach |
| Produced by | Robert Z. Leonard Hunt Stromberg |
| Starring | Jeanette MacDonald Allan Jones Warren William |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Robert Kern |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart Rudolf Friml |
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| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,495,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $1,244,000 (Domestic earnings)[1][2] $1,430,000 (Foreign earnings)[1][2] |
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The Firefly is a 1937 American historical musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones and Warren William. 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'[3]), 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.[4]
- ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ a b c Turk Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald (University of California Press, 1998)"
- ^ "Chanson 'In Love'". hyperion-records.co.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Westphal, Kyle (September 3, 2013). "The True Story of Tinted Talkies: An Interview with Anthony L'Abbate". Chicago Film Society.