a curiosity primarily for the array of character actor ( walter brennan and jane darwell and alice brady and jesse ralph ) . the usual backstage clichés represent rehearsal begin with full costume and set and orchestra . the backstage area be spacious and well light . and the show go on in spite of the temperamental leading lady . one of the rare film opportunity to see lawrence tibbett . he sing extensive operatic excerpt and and it not as stagy a one might expect for early film opera . this be film during the peak period of his career . sadly and a his voice decline and he fade into alcohol abuse and arrest and and a life end fall .