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The Great Caruso
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This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to Musetta's because he sings; to Dorothy's because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel-chested, loud, emotional, and unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that 'the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man': he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.
This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso is unacceptable to both women's fathers: to Musetta's because he sings; to Dorothy's because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel-chested, loud, emotional, and unrefined. Their appreciation comes slowly. The film depicts Caruso's lament that 'the man does not have the voice, the voice has the man': he cannot be places he wants to be, because he must be elsewhere singing, including the day his mother dies. Throughout, Mario Lanza and stars from the Met sing.
Actors:
Mario Lanza,
Ann Blyth,
Dorothy Kirsten,
Carl Benton Reid,
Eduard Franz,
Ludwig Donath,
Alan Napier,
Carl Milletaire,
Shepard Menken,
Vincent Renno,
Nestor Paiva,
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Mario Lanza
January 31, 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Ann Blyth
16 August 1928, Mount Kisco, New York, USA

Dorothy Kirsten
July 6, 1910 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Carl Benton Reid
14 August 1893, Lansing, Michigan, USA

Eduard Franz
31 October 1902, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Ludwig Donath
6 March 1900, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Vienna, Austria]

Alan Napier
7 January 1903, Birmingham, England, UK

Carl Milletaire
21 June 1912, New York City, New York, USA

Shepard Menken
2 November 1921, New York City, New York, USA

Vincent Renno
October 4, 1914 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Nestor Paiva
30 June 1905, Fresno, California, USA
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Country:
United States
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