The Great Caruso

The Great Caruso (1951)

The Intimate Story of a Man with a Voice as Great as His Heart!

  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1951-04-16
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Thorpe
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From 18 Ratings

Summary

Enrico Caruso's only passion is to sing. For that, he leaves his hometown of Naples, Italy, and travels to America to sing for the Metropolitan Opera. At first, his lack of education and poor background make him an outcast in the high-class opera world. Eventually, his voice wins him both fans and the hand of his love, Dorothy. But his nonstop pace and desire to perform at any cost eventually take their toll on the singer's health.

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  • Mario Lanza

    as Enrico Caruso
  • Ann Blyth

    as Dorothy Benjamin
  • Dorothy Kirsten

    as Louise Heggar
  • Jarmila Novotná

    as Maria Selka
  • Richard Hageman

    as Carlo Santi
  • Carl Benton Reid

    as Park Benjamin
  • Eduard Franz

    as Giulio Gatti-Casazza
  • Ludwig Donath

    as Alfredo Brazzi
  • Alan Napier

    as Jean de Reszke
  • Blanche Thebom

    as Vocalist - Opera Montage
  • Teresa Celli

    as Vocalist - Opera Montage
  • Nicola Moscona

    as Vocalist - Opera Montage
  • Giuseppe Valdengo

    as Vocalist - Opera Montage
  • Lucine Amara

    as Vocalist - Opera Montage
  • Marina Koshetz

    as Vocalist - Opera Montage
  • George Chakiris

    as Dancer (uncredited)
  • Mae Clarke

    as Woman (uncredited)
  • Bess Flowers

    as Front Row Audience Member at 'Lucia di Lammermoor' (uncredited)
  • William Ripley Dorr

    as Vocal Ensemble (uncredited)
  • Nestor Paiva

    as Egisto Barretto
  • Hazel Dohlman

    as Dowager (uncredited)
  • Pál Jávor

    as Antonio Scotti
  • Carl Milletaire

    as Gino
  • Shepard Menken

    as Fucito
  • Vincent Renno

    as Tullio
  • Peter Price

    as Caruso (as boy)
  • Mario Siletti

    as Papa Caruso
  • Angela Clarke

    as Mama Caruso
  • Ian Wolfe

    as Hutchins
  • Yvette Duguay

    as Musetta Barretto
  • Argentina Brunetti

    as Mrs. Barretto
Writing William Ludwig Writer
Directing Richard Thorpe Director
Sound Ernesto De Curtis Music
Production Jesse L. Lasky Associate Producer
Art Gabriel Scognamillo Art Direction
Editing Gene Ruggiero Editor
Camera Joseph Ruttenberg Director of Photography
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Production Joe Pasternak Producer
Sound Johnny Green Original Music Composer
Sound Irving Aaronson Music
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision

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