The Great Caruso (1951)

Directed by

Richard Thorpe

Genre

drama film, biographical film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Enrico Caruso, a famous opera singer. It follows his rise to fame and his personal life, focusing on his career and relationships.

celebratorydramaticromanticizedupliftingsentimentalgrandmusicalinspiring

What happens

The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film directed by Richard Thorpe, produced by Joe Pasternak, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The highly fictionalized screenplay, written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, is based on the biography Enrico Caruso His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso, Caruso's widow. The original music was composed and arranged by Johnny Green, the cinematographer was Joseph Ruttenberg and the costume designers were Helen Rose and Gile Steele. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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