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Le roman d'un chanteur

Original title: Metropolitan
  • 1935
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Le roman d'un chanteur (1935)
DramaMusicalRomance

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

  • Director
    • Richard Boleslawski
  • Writers
    • Bess Meredyth
    • George Marion Jr.
  • Stars
    • Lawrence Tibbett
    • Virginia Bruce
    • Alice Brady
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    147
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    • Director
      • Richard Boleslawski
    • Writers
      • Bess Meredyth
      • George Marion Jr.
    • Stars
      • Lawrence Tibbett
      • Virginia Bruce
      • Alice Brady
    • 14User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Lawrence Tibbett
    Lawrence Tibbett
    • Thomas Renwick
    Virginia Bruce
    Virginia Bruce
    • Anne Merrill
    Alice Brady
    Alice Brady
    • Ghita Galin
    Cesar Romero
    Cesar Romero
    • Niki Baroni
    Thurston Hall
    Thurston Hall
    • T. Simon Hunter
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Ugo Pizzi
    George F. Marion
    George F. Marion
    • Perontelli
    • (as George Marion Sr.)
    Adrian Rosley
    • Mr. Tolentino
    Christian Rub
    Christian Rub
    • Weidel
    Franklyn Ardell
    Franklyn Ardell
    • Marco
    Etienne Girardot
    Etienne Girardot
    • Nello
    Jessie Ralph
    Jessie Ralph
    • Charwoman
    Rafael Alcayde
    Rafael Alcayde
    • Specialty Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Eric Alden
    Eric Alden
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
    Ernie Alexander
    • Page Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Jessie Arnold
    Jessie Arnold
    • Landlady
    • (uncredited)
    Violet Axzelle
    • Chorus Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Kenny Baker
    Kenny Baker
    • Chorus Man
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard Boleslawski
    • Writers
      • Bess Meredyth
      • George Marion Jr.
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    User reviews14

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    6bkoganbing

    Let's put on an opera

    Although the music is as grand as it gets from grand opera if you see Metropolitan you will certainly recognize the backstage plot of a lot of Warner Brothers Busby Berkeley films plus a few Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland works of the let's put n a show variety.

    Diva Alice Brady makes a grand gesture and walks out of the Metropolitan Opera and announces she's forming her on company. She takes promising baritone Lawrence Tibbett with her. Tibbett looking for his big break goes along, but Brady proves excessive with all her demands artistic and personal. Especially after Tibbett pays attention to promising new singer Virginia Bruce.

    If you are a fan of Lawrence Tibbett he does more singing here than in any other film. It's a regular Tibbett concert as he does a great variety of work with songs from his many concert tours..

    Great music if tied indeed to a routine backstage plot.
    8sryder-1

    Backstage opera is a change from backstage Broadway

    No one should expect a well-wrought, intricately developed plot from a film that was designed as a showpiece for the American baritone Laurence Tibbett,any more than one would expect it from a Warner's backstage musicals from the 1930s. Tibbett was one of the few stellar performers of the Metropolitan Opera who was equally at home and successful in popular music. (I believe at one time, toward the end of his opera career, he was featured on "Your Hit Parade", singing what were supposedly the five or six most popular songs of the week, judged by record sales.) At the Metropolitan Opera he played the lead in the premieres of American operas such as Merry Mount, Emperor Jones and The King's Henchmen. I believe that he made the first commercial recordings from Porgy and Bess as Porgy, using the same dialect as in this film when he sings the Negro spiritual "Glory Road" in a perhaps over-dramatic rendition. The role of Bess is sung by another Caucasian opera star. Helen Jepson,who made one more Hollywood appearance in the pathetic Goldwyn Follies.

    The supporting cast of experience character actors,as often happens, manages to give the claptrap plot a measure of credibility. Virginia Bruce, the leading lady, was an actress/singer who never broke through to stardom, despite a lengthy filmography. She had a beautiful soprano voice and a lovely appearance, but did not project much warmth as in the manner of top stars, even in her one solo from Carmen, as the timid and loving Micaela. Her voice belonged in operetta, not in either opera or show business tunes. Jeanette MacDonald has the former cornered, and there were many with more sensuous voices who succeeded with the latter. But she did look terrific at the top of the "wedding cake" number in The Great Ziegfeld, the most prominent role of her career.
    8Handlinghandel

    Can Anyone Imagine This Being Made Today?

    Alice Brady is ideally cast as a temperamental diva. She is believable and hilarious. The voice with which she sings seems to be her own.

    Virginia Bruce, a charming performer, is OK but no more as an ingénue.

    The movie is Lawrence Tibbett's. He sings arias from several composers, as well as singing some appealing songs. (Was it common in those times for Caucasian opera singers to perform spirituals? Regardless: He sings one.) The plum is a long section of "Pagliaci," in which he is, of course, superb.

    This is the only commercial movie in which I've seen Tibbett. He appears a bit stodgy and is certainly not conventionally handsome. But his singing is glorious; and singing is what this movie is about.about.
    8TheLittleSongbird

    For fans of opera and Lawrence Tibbet, Metropolitan is a real delight!

    Metropolitan, what can I say? A real musical treat of a film. The story is not exactly familiar territory, but the production values for example are really well done, with lovely lighting, exquisite costumes and spacious settings. Even better is the music, a real treasure trove of operatic highlights especially Largo Al Factotum, Pagliacci and The Toreador's Song. Even better than that is the performance of Lawrence Tibbet, he doesn't quite have the looks of Nelson Eddy for example but what more than compensates is his exciting presence on film and his enormously resonant voice. Virginia Bruce and Alice Brady both look alluring and sing beautifully, although Bruce's Micaela sometimes lacks warmth and this detracts from the poignancy of the role. Overall, for fans of Lawrence Tibbett and opera this is a real delight. 8/10 Bethany Cox
    8mmtoucan

    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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    • Trivia
      The last film under the Fox Film Corporation banner before its merger with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox.
    • Connections
      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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    • Release date
      • April 29, 1938 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Metropolitan
    • Filming locations
      • United Artists Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • 20th Century Pictures
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $21,711
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,554
      • Aug 9, 2015
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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