this 1935 film show recently on a tv movie channel and prove an innocent delight . the story line be simple and the end happy and the people snappily dress and the set splendid . a fading prima donna be fire from the met and start her own opera company . a renowned conductor come from retirement to conduct and and hire baritone lawrence tibbett and one of america first operatic super star and whose superb singing be the chief attraction of the film . he have a rich and focused voice and agreeable good look . when the prima donna voice fails and the conductor quits and all be about to fall apart and until the heroine alice brady and who want to be an opera star on her own and turn out to be an heiress and save the day . the sound track suggest that someone have do a spectacular job of restore the print while tibbett ring voice impress in baritone favorite and the road to mandalay and largo al factotum from barber of seville and the toreador song from carmen and and si puo and from i pagliacci .