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Mario Lanza ( US: / ˈlɑːnzə, ˈlænzə / LA (H)N-zə, Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈlantsa]; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza [alˈfreːdo koˈkottsa]; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16.
Kathryn Grayson (born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick; February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010 [ 1]) was an American actress and coloratura soprano . From the age of 12, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by the early 1940s, soon establishing a career principally through her work in musicals.
Blyth performed on children's radio shows in New York for six years, making her first appearance when she was five. [3] [4] When she was nine, she joined the New York Children's Opera Company. [5] Blyth's first acting role was on Broadway in Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine (1941-42). She played the part of Paul Lukas's daughter, Babette.
The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as famous operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer. The screenplay, by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, was suggested by the biography Enrico ...
Children. 2. Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 1924 – 1 January 2009) [ 1] was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then in America on Broadway and in Hollywood, and eventually in Italy. He is perhaps best known for his starring role in 1954's ...
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso is a 90-minute 1983 PBS documentary, narrated and hosted by Plácido Domingo. It explores the life of tenor Mario Lanza , and includes clips from six of the tenor's eight films, together with interviews with such Lanza associates and contemporaries as Anna Moffo , Kathryn Grayson , Zsa Zsa Gabor , Joe Pasternak ...
For the First Time (German title: Serenade of a Great Love) is a 1959 musical film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Mario Lanza, Johanna von Koczian, Kurt Kasznar, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. It was tenor star Mario Lanza 's final film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer six weeks before his death. Lanza stars as an operatic tenor who finds love for ...
1963: You Do Something To Me, ( RCA Camden CAL 450) 1963: Mario Lanza – Christmas Hymns and Carols, RCA Camden CAL-777. 1964: The Best of Mario Lanza, RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2748. 1967: Mario Lanza sings His Favorite Arias, RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2932. 1968: The Best of Mario Lanza Volume 2, RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2998.