First Night

This film appears to have died a quick death at the box office in the UK. A rich industrialist aspires to a more cultured world. Spurred on by taunts from his peers, this frustrated amateur opera singer decides to stage an opera at his lavish country retreat. He feels sure that its success will spell the end to the shallow taunts. It might even help him win the hand of a female conductor he has been pursuing, and whom he manages to sign up for the showpiece...