During the 1930s attempts were made on both sides of the Atlantic to turn opera stars into film stars.Laurence Tibbett and Lily Pond were two who failed to make the grade in America.Here in the UK we had the photogenic Richard Tauber He had a great voice,this is indisputable.However he couldn't act and the plots of his films were little more than pegs on which to hang his songs.So quite frankly it would have saved the bother of going out to the cinema by going and buying his records instead.It is difficult to know if the producers were trying to make an entertainment or an artistic effort with a view to impressing that they were now a well-established industry.
Review of Heart's Desire
