Movie Description
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
(1983)Overview
Plácido Domingo hosts this tribute to American tenor Mario Lanza. Interviews, rare footage and vintage recordings chronicle Lanza's life from his Philadelphia childhood to his meteoric rise as an opera singer and film actor and his tragic death. Credited with bringing opera and classical music into the home of everyday Americans, Lanza starred in That Midnight Kiss and The Toast of New Orleans and portrayed Enrico Caruso in The Great Caruso.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Musilli
- Producer : JoAnn Young
- Cast : Plácido Domingo,Zsa Zsa Gabor,Kathryn Grayson,Dorothy Kirsten,Gisele MacKenzie,Joe Pasternak,Terry Robinson,Mario Lanza
Cast
Narrator
Self
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Self
Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Facts
Original TitleMario Lanza: The American Caruso
Status Released
Release Information
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1983-01-01
Original Language
Runtime 01h 30m
Genres
- Documentary
- TV Movie