Mario Lanza Movies
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1949 – That midnight kiss |
| Movie debut that introduces Mario Lanza to
the audience of the movie theaters.He plays the role of a truck driver who moves
piano and has a tenor voice. Co-stars of Mario Lanza are the soprano
Kathryn Grayson, M° Josè Iturbi and Ethel Barrymore. The success of the movie
was sensational, infact MGM had to start in advance the shooting of the next one
sooner than it had been planned. Later on Mario Lanza was nick-named the truck
driver tenor, even if he hadn’t never moved a piano in all is life. |
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| 1950 – The toast of New
Orleans |
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Great
comedy where he plays the role of a crab fisherman gifted with a wonderful tenor
voice. Lanza co-stars are Kathryn Grayson David Niven Rita
Moreno J.Carrol
Naish. The famous “Be my love”is in the sound-track. |
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| 1951 – The great Caruso |
| Biography
of Enrico Caruso, taken from the book written by his wife Dorothy.
It’s the
most well-known amongst the Lanza movies. It has a large selection of arias taken
from the most famous operas. It’s the movie who inspired to start the Bel
Canto study some of the biggest opera stars.
The
LP contains all the operatic arias of the movie and it is still record of
sellings in the history in all the world. |
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| 1952 – Because you're
mine |
| Mario
Lanza plays the role of an opera tenor,who must stop his performances on stage
as he must attend the Military Service. It’s a comedy, although is it there are
also many operatic arias and beautiful songs. Co-stars are Doretta Morrow, James
Withmore and Paula Corday. |
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| 1954- The Student Prince |
| It’s
the movie adaptation of the famous operetta .Lanza didn’t play the leading
role due to some bitter discussions with the producers which lead eventually to
the breaking of the contract.Edmund Purdom took Llanza place, as the Prussian
Prince, that to obey to his grandfather
wishes, goes to Heildeberg to attend its University. He
fell in love with the daughter of the owner of a tavern, but the difference of
status will interfere with their love and their love-story will end.
Lanza recorded the sound-track of the movie before walking out on MGM and it was
for one whole year the top record selling in the Hit Parade. |
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| 1956 Serenade |
| It marks
Mario Lanza come back . In the movie, Mario Lanza plays the role of a coming up
tenor who falls in love with the vicious and mean Joan Fontaine , who plays
the role of a wealthy lady who seems to want to help him out with his singing
career. He is dumped over a sculptor ,
so Lanza madly
jealous, goes to Mexico where he meets and falls in love with the beautiful
Sarita Montel , daughter of a bull-fighter , who will help him with his opera
career.Lanza costars are, as said, Sarita Montel, Joan Fontaine and Vincent
Price. The movie has a large selection of arias. |
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| 1958 The seven hills of Rome |
| After an
absence from the movie screen, Lanza moves to Italy with his family and shoots
this movie.In it he is a singer and a star of the American TV who goes to Rome
to court his ex-girl friend and start over with her.But in Rome he will find the
true love of an Italian girl. Lanza costars are Marisa Allasio, Renato Rascel.The
movie sound-track includes song as Arrivederci Roma, Calypso
Italiano, All the things you are, The seven hills of Rome. |
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| 1959 For the first time |
It’s
the last movie that Mario Lanza did.The
shooting ended just before he died.He
died in Rome Oct 7th,1959.Lanza
plays the role of a tenor who collects all his earnings to pay for the operation
of the woman whose in love with.She
is deaf and struggles to overcome her handicap.Amongst
the arias of the soundtrack:La donna è mobile,Oh mon amour,Ave Maria,O sole
mio.
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