Oh, For a Man! (1930)
78 mins | Comedy-drama | 14 December 1930
Director:
Hamilton MacFaddenWriters:
Philip Klein, Lynn StarlingCinematographer:
Charles G. ClarkeEditor:
Alfred DeGaetanoProduction Designer:
Stephen GoossonProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.Reviews in FD and various contemporary newspapers listed the film's title as Oh, for a Man!. According to reviews, Jeanette MacDonald sang one "operatic" song in the film. Modern sources list the song as "Liebestod" from the Richard Wagner opera Tristan und Isolde.
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Reviews in FD and various contemporary newspapers listed the film's title as Oh, for a Man!. According to reviews, Jeanette MacDonald sang one "operatic" song in the film. Modern sources list the song as "Liebestod" from the Richard Wagner opera Tristan und Isolde.
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Opera singer Carlotta Manson catches Barney McGann burglarizing her apartment one evening, and thinking he has possibilities as a singer, she decides to give him a chance. With her wiles and prestige she arranges singing lessons for him through her impresario, but Barney decidedly has little aptitude as a professional singer. He is about to give up the entire project when Carlotta confesses that she is in love with him. They marry and go to Italy, where she presents him with a villa in the mountains overlooking a lake; but he longs for his friends in New York and eventually deserts her. Heartbroken, Carlotta returns to opera; and when she sings poorly at her New York opening, Barney reproves her for a poor showing and with a little persuasion decides to stay with ...
Opera singer Carlotta Manson catches Barney McGann burglarizing her apartment one evening, and thinking he has possibilities as a singer, she decides to give him a chance. With her wiles and prestige she arranges singing lessons for him through her impresario, but Barney decidedly has little aptitude as a professional singer. He is about to give up the entire project when Carlotta confesses that she is in love with him. They marry and go to Italy, where she presents him with a villa in the mountains overlooking a lake; but he longs for his friends in New York and eventually deserts her. Heartbroken, Carlotta returns to opera; and when she sings poorly at her New York opening, Barney reproves her for a poor showing and with a little persuasion decides to stay with her.
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