Nina, Spanish singing spy, seduces French officers for intel on Napoleon's Spain plans. In Bayonne, she falls for Diego/Captain Andre, who's spying on her.
Is it worth your time? If you like old-school musicals where people just burst into song in the middle of a war room, you’ll probably have a good time. It’s charming in that very specific 1930s way. But if you have zero patience for operatic singing or plots that move at the speed of a snail, skip it. You will absolute...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Robert Z. Leonard
Robert Z. Leonard
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old-school musicals where people just burst into song in the middle of a war room, you’ll probably have a good time. It’s charming in that very specific 1930s way. But if you have zero patience for operatic singing or plots that move at the speed of a snail, skip it. You will absolutely hate this. Jeanette MacDonald is clearly the engine here. She’s got this presence that makes you ignore the fact that the script is basically a soap opera with military uniform..."
Otto A. Harbach, Albert Hackett, Ogden Nash, Frances Goodrich
United States
History, Romance, Musical
