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Directed by W. S. Van Dyke Music by Herbert Stothart Director W. S. Van Dyke Budget 924,000 USD | 6.2/10 IMDb Screenplay by John McClain Initial release 17 August 1942 Box office 1.197 million USD Music director Herbert Stothart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (uncredited) Written by Concept:
Ladislas Fodor Starring Jeanette MacDonald
Robert Young Cast Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young Similar Jeanette MacDonald movies, Journalism movies, Musicals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demonstration in cairo 06 02 1942 1942
Cairo is a 1942 musical comedy film made by MGM and Loew's, and directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The screenplay was written by John McClain, based on an idea by Ladislas Fodor about a news reporter shipwrecked in a torpedo attack, who teams up with a Hollywood singer and her maid to foil Nazi spies. The music score is by Herbert Stothart. This film was Jeanette MacDonald's last film on her MGM contract.
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The film was poorly received upon its initial release.
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Plot
Marcia Warren (Jeanette MacDonald), while "between pictures" in London hires an American reporter, Homer Smith (Robert Young) as her butler. What Marcia doesn't know is that Smith is an American newspaperman, who strongly suspects that she is a Nazi spy (the real enemy agent is Mrs. Morrison (Mona Barrie).
Reception
According to MGM records. the film earned $616,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $581,000 elsewhere, meaning the studio recorded a loss of $131,000.