The Broken Melody: 'There is no joy for us'

Title:
The Broken Melody: 'There is no joy for us'
NFSA ID
7580
Year
1938
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John Ainsworth (Lloyd Hughes) has returned to the theatre after seeing his father in hospital. He conducts the final act of his new opera, unaware that the young singer playing the understudy is his former lost love, Ann Brady (Diana Du Cane). As she comes down the stairs to the front of the stage, he finally recognises her. She is singing the opera he once vowed to write for her, before they were parted. Summary by Paul Byrnes.