The Great Caruso

Bravo, Enrico! Bravo, Mario! Renowned tenor Mario Lanza portrays his long-time singing idol Enrico Caruso in the crowd-pleasing musical 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.

Director: Richard Thorpe
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Actor: Mario Lanza
Actor: Ann Blyth
Actor: Dorothy Kirsten
Actor: Jarmila Novotna
Actor: Richard Hageman
Actor: Paul Javor
Actor: Carl Milletaire
Actor: Shepard Menken
Actor: Vincent Renno
Actor: Nestor Paiva
Actor: Peter Edward Price
Actor: Carl Benton Reid
Actor: Eduard Franz
Actor: Ludwig Donath
Actor: Alan Napier
Actor: Mario Siletti
Actor: Angela Clarke
Actor: Ian Wolfe
Actor: Yvette Duguay
Actor: Argentina Brunetti
Actor: Blanche Thebom
Actor: Teresa Celli
Actor: Nicola Moscona
Actor: Giuseppe Valdengo
Actor: Lucine Amara
Actor: Marina Koshetz
Actor: Gilbert Russell
Actor: Robert Ebright
Actor: Jacqueline Allen
Actor: Olive Mae Beach
Actor: Maurice Samuels
Actor: Edit Angold
Actor: Robert Sherwood
Actor: Antonio Filauri
Actor: Peter Brocco
Actor: David Bond
Actor: Charles Evans
Actor: Matt Moore
Actor: Sherry Jackson
Actor: Mario DeLaval
Actor: Martha Bamattre
Actor: Anthony Mazola
Actor: Rudy Baron
Actor: Michael Frazco
Actor: Dorothy Vaughn
Actor: Hazel Dohlman
Actor: Roddy McCaskill
Actor: Tito Vuolo
Actor: Minerva Urecal
Actor: Paul Harvey
Actor: John Hamilton
Actor: Jack George
Actor: Harry Cody
Actor: Fred Hoose
Actor: Helen Dickson
Actor: Peggy Leon
Actor: Eula Guy
Actor: Nino Pipitone
Actor: Dick Cogan
Actor: Roger Moore
Actor: Jack Gargan
Actor: Frank Pershing
Actor: Bert Roach
Actor: Thomas Quinn
Actor: Stuart Holmes
Actor: Harold Miller
Actor: Nikki Juston
Actor: Spec O'Donnell
Actor: Allan Ray
Actor: John Raven
Actor: Dario Piazza
Actor: Ernesto Morelli
Actor: Dino Bolognese
Actor: Henry DarBoggia
Actor: Douglas Carter
Actor: Helen Reyes
Actor: Yolanda Mirelez
Actor: John Piffle
Actor: Esther Zeitlin
Actor: Bob Lawrence
Actor: Claude Cariguel
Actor: William Yetter Jr.
Actor: John Royce
Actor: Manuel Paris
Actor: Leo Mostovoy
Actor: Viola Daniels
Actor: Charles Mauu
Actor: Danilo Valente
Actor: Jose Portugal
Actor: Albano Valerio
Actor: Rod De Medici
Actor: Renald DuPont
Actor: Blanche Franke
Actor: Mario Cimino
Actor: Zachary Yaconelli
Actor: Michael Jordan
Actor: George Restivo
Actor: Richard LaMarr
Actor: Maria Ganardi
Actor: Nola Haines
Actor: Mae Clarke
Actor: Jewel Rose
Actor: Tay Dunn
Actor: Larry Williams
Actor: Bess Flowers
Actor: John Sheffield
Actor: Eric Wilton
Actor: William Nind
Actor: Colin Kenny
Actor: Philo McCullough
Actor: Genevieve Bell
Actor: St. Luke's Choristers