The Great Caruso 1951

Sensity:	No
Imdb rate:	6.5
Imdb Votes:	1,177
Duration:	109 mins
Year:	1951
Language:	English, Italian
Genre:	Biography, Drama, Music
Country:	USA
Director:	Richard Thorpe
Writers:	Sonya Levien, William Ludwig, Dorothy Caruso (suggested by Biography Of Her Husband)
Actors:	Mario Lanza , Ann Blyth , Dorothy Kirsten , Jarmila Novotna ,
Awards:	Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.

Description:

Loosely 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 one, because he sings; to Dorothy's, because he is a peasant. To New York patricians, Caruso is short, barrel chested, loud, emotional, 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.