The Firefly

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The Firefly ★★½ 1937

Although slowpaced and long, this adaptation of the 1912 Rudolf Friml operetta was one of MacDonald's most popular films. Costar Jones gets to sing the best song in the film, “Donkey Serenade,” while MacDonald sings most of the others. ♫Love Is Like a Firefly; English March; A Woman's Kiss; He Who Loves and Runs Away; When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Heart; When the Wine Is Full of Fire; The Donkey Serenade; Giannina Mia; Sympathy. 140m/B VHS . Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones, Warren William, Billy Gilbert, Henry Daniell, Douglass Dumbrille, George Zucco; D: Robert Z. Leonard.

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