GREAT CARUSO - DVD-WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1951
• Genre: Drama, Music
• Plot: Bravo, Enrico! Bravo, Mario! Renowned tenor Mario Lanza portrays his long-time singing idol Enrico Caruso in the crowd-pleasing musical film that was 1951's #4 box-office hit. Suggested by Dorothy Caruso's biography of her husband, The Great Caruso rings out with aural pleasures (27 musical selections) and shines with the grandeur of a life lovingly refracted through the Hollywood biopic lens. The music (by Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi and more) emphasizes works most closely associated with Caruso. The story, spanning Caruso's Naples boyhood to worldwide acclaim and tragedy-stricken final performance, touches on the down-to-earth character traits that spread the singer's fame beyond the black-tie society of Metropolitan Opera connoisseurs. Nominated for three Academy Awards®, the movie won for Best Sound Recording.
• Cast: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath, Alan Napier, Pál Jávor, Carl Milletaire, Shepard Menken, Vincent Renno, Nestor Paiva, Peter Price, Mario Siletti, Angela Clarke, Ian Wolfe, Yvette Duguay, Argentina Brunetti, Blanche Thebom, Teresa Celli, Nicola Moscona, Giuseppe Valdengo, Lucine Amara, Marina Koshetz, Edit Angold, Martha Bamattre, Olive May Beach, Genevieve Bell, Dino Bolognese, David Bond, Peter Brocco, Douglas Carter, George Chakiris, St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers, Mario Cimino, Mae Clarke, Harry Cody, Dick Cogan, Viola Daniels, Henry Dar Boggia, Rod De Medici, Mario DeLaval, Helen Dickson, Hazel Dohlman, Tay Dunn, Renald Dupont, Robert Ebright, Charles Evans, Antonio Filauri, Bess Flowers, Blanche Franke, Jack Gargan, Maria Genardi, Jack George, Eula Guy, John Hamilton, Paul Harvey, Stuart Holmes, Fred Hoose, Sherry Jackson, Nikki Juston, Colin Kenny, Richard LaMarr, Peggy Leon, Charles Mauu, Anthony Mazzola, Roddy McCaskill, Philo McCullough, Harold Miller, Silvio Minciotti, Matt Moore, Roger Moore, Ernesto Morelli, Leo Mostovoy, William Nind, Spec O'Donnell, Manuel París, Frank Pershing, Dario Piazza, John Piffle, Nino Pipitone, Jose Portugal, Tom Quinn, John Raven, Allan Ray, George Restive, Bert Roach, Jewel Rose, John Royce, Gilbert Russell, Maurice Samuels, John Sheffield, Robert Sherwood, Minerva Urecal, Danilo Valente, Albano Valerio, Dorothy Vaughan, Tito Vuolo, Richard Thorpe, William Ludwig
• Director: Richard Thorpe
• Runtime: 1:49
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Home Video
• Media Format: Movie