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Jeanette MacDonald Is The Luminous Singing Spy!
Released November 05, 1937
Overview
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
Cast
Jeanette MacDonald
as
Nina Maria
Allan Jones
as
Don Diego
Warren William
as
Major de Rouchemont
Billy Gilbert
as
Innkeeper
Henry Daniell
as
General Savary
Douglass Dumbrille
as
Marquis de Melito
Leonard Penn
as
Etienne
Tom Rutherford
as
King Ferdinard
Belle Mitchell
as
Lola
George Zucco
as
Secret Service Chief
Corbet Morris
as
Duval
Matthew Boulton
as
Wellington
Crew
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Ogden Nash
as
Adaptation
Robert Z. Leonard
as
Director
Albert Hackett
as
Screenplay
Frances Goodrich
as
Screenplay
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Otto A. Harbach
as
Theatre Play
George Forrest
as
Lyricist
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Gus Kahn
as
Lyricist
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Rudolf Friml
as
Songs
Robert Wright
as
Lyricist
Herbert Stothart
as
Songs
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Otto A. Harbach
as
Lyricist
Hunt Stromberg
as
Producer