 According to Louis B. Mayer (qv) biographer Charles Higham (qv),  Nelson Eddy (qv) was reportedly was so jealous and insecure of  potential competition from tenor Allan Jones (I) (qv) that he  asked that Jones footage in the film be reduced; the studio agreed  and cut what would have been Jones only solo number in the film,  the famous aria "E lucevan le stelle" , from Puccinis "Tosca".