Successful attempt at combining opera and crime (ranking the film as a predecessor to Francis Ford Coppola's COTTON CLUB) has Carrillo as a hood with a weakness for opera. He hears Moore sing and immediately falls for her. He spends all his time and money promoting her career, even to the
point of building a club for her. Moore, however, has her affections pointed toward someone else. Carrillo gets into a jam with a rival gang when he cannot pay his debts. The direction is fairly even, blending the gangster story with the opera material. The script gets a bit sappy at points, but
the production values are high, with realistic replicas of the Metropolitan Opera and ...
Released:
1935
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins