It is the fashion nowadays for pretty musical comedy stars to step overnight into grand opera. Mary Lewis made it. So did Grace Moore. But the feat was never attempted by a cinemactress until last week when honors were awarded to Hope Hampton for her début as Manon with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company.
Unfortunately for news purposes it missed being a non-stop flight. Singer Hampton, too, had tried a turn in operettafirst in Madame Pompadour and then in My Princess. She had married profitablyone Jules Brulatour, who has sympathized generously with her operatic ambitions. There was a two years' intensive course...
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