Metropolitan

19351935
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1h 19m

Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.

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Director
- Richard Boleslawski
Writers
- Bess Meredyth(based on the story by)
- George Marion Jr.(screen play)
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Luis Alberni, George F. Marion, and Lawrence Tibbett in Metropolitan (1935)

Virginia Bruce and Lawrence Tibbett in Metropolitan (1935)

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Director
- Richard Boleslawski
Writers
- Bess Meredyth(based on the story by) (screen play)
- George Marion Jr.(screen play)
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Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.

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Taglines
- A BURST OF SONG! His Voice Captured Women's Hearts! His Strong Arms Held Them Fast! (Print Ad-Albany Times-Union, ((Albany, NY)) 30 October 1935)
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- Approved
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Trivia
The last film under the Fox Film Corporation banner before its merger with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox.

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Featured in 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

Soundtracks
Faust
(1859) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Gounod
Libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
Excerpt played and sung on a radio and partially sung by Lawrence Tibbett

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8/10

Good vehicle for the legendary Met baritone

Darryl Zanuck's first release after the merging of his 20th Century co. and Fox studio, this features the boyish baritone, Lawrence Tibbett, in his prime. He was a busy guy in the 30s: top Metropolitan Opera star, movies, concerts, recitals and many radio appearances. The usual backstage story is played out with cheerful verve by the superior cast. Tibbett singing highlights are the famous "Figaro" aria from Barber of Seville; The Toreador Song from Bizet's Carmen; the Prologue to Pagliacci; as well as his rousing concert showpieces, "On the Road To Mandalay" and "De Glory Road: a negro spiritual." Tibbett's autobiography is titled The Glory Road.

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