Directed by:
Richard ThorpeCinematography:
Joseph RuttenbergComposer:
Johnny GreenCast:
Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotná, Blanche Thebom, Teresa Celli, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mario Lanza
USA
Best movies:
The Great Caruso (1951)
Ann Blyth
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Brute Force (1947)
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
Dorothy Kirsten
USA
Best movies:
The Great Caruso (1951)
Jarmila Novotná
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Search (1948)
The Great Caruso (1951)
Skřivánčí píseň (1933)
Blanche Thebom
USA
Best movies:
The Great Caruso (1951)
Teresa Celli
USA
Best movies:
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Great Caruso (1951)
Border Incident (1949)
Richard Hageman
Netherlands
Best movies:
3 Godfathers (1948)
The Great Caruso (1951)
Carl Benton Reid
USA
Best movies:
Pressure Point (1962)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Eduard Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
White Feather (1955)
Ludwig Donath
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Gilda (1946)
The Great Sinner (1949)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
Alan Napier
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Madame Curie (1943)
Pál Jávor
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Great Caruso (1951)
Carl Milletaire
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
The Trap (1959)
Shepard Menken
USA
Best movies:
The Great Caruso (1951)
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The World in His Arms (1952)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Midnight (1939)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
Argentina Brunetti
Argentina
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Gilda (1946)
House of Strangers (1949)
George Chakiris
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
West Side Story (1961)
The Country Girl (1954)
Lucine Amara
USA
Best movies:
The Great Caruso (1951)
Mae Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Front Page (1931)