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Director:
Norman Taurog
Writers:
Bruce Manning (screenplay) and
Tamara Hovey (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 January 1950 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Musical | Romance more
Tagline:
The biggest kiss in movie history!
Plot:
In Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell returns from Europe after a period of five years training in the best Europeans music schools... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Gem of a film! Great cast, great singing more (13 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Kathryn Grayson ... Prudence Budell
José Iturbi ... Himself (as Jose Iturbi)
Ethel Barrymore ... Abigail Trent Budell
Mario Lanza ... Johnny Donnetti
Keenan Wynn ... Artie Geoffrey Glenson
J. Carrol Naish ... Papa Donnetti
Jules Munshin ... Michael Pemberton
Thomas Gomez ... Guido Russino Betelli
Marjorie Reynolds ... Mary
Arthur Treacher ... Hutchins

Mimi Aguglia ... Mamma Donnetti - Johnny's mother
Amparo Iturbi ... Herself
Bridget Carr ... Donna Donnetti
Amparo Ballester ... Rosina Donnetti
Ann Codee ... Mme. Bouget
Edward Earle ... Jason
George Meader ... Paul
Sheila Stein ... Peanuts Donnetti
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gregg Barton ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Customer (uncredited)
George Boyce ... Member of G.I. Quartette (uncredited)
Robert Cherry ... Member of G.I. Quartette (uncredited)
Frank Donahue ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Edward Gargan ... Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Michael Kostrick ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Richard Lane ... Radio D.J. interviewing Ethel Barrymore (uncredited)
Jerry Lascoe Jr. ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Dwight Martin ... Member of G.I. Quartette (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal ... Charwoman (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson ... Waiter (uncredited)
Joe Rocca ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Charles Smith ... Member of G.I. Quartette (uncredited)
Al Thompson ... Truck Driver (uncredited)
Wilson Wood ... Disk Jockey (uncredited)
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Directed by
Norman Taurog 
 
Writing credits
Bruce Manning (screenplay) and
Tamara Hovey (screenplay)

Produced by
Joe Pasternak .... producer
 
Original Music by
Charles Previn (uncredited)
Conrad Salinger (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Robert Surtees 
 
Film Editing by
Gene Ruggiero 
 
Art Direction by
E. Preston Ames  (as Preston Ames)
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Helen Rose 
Valles (costumes: men)
 
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn .... makeup designer
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair designer
 
Production Management
Sergei Petschnikoff .... production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dolph Zimmer .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Arthur Krams .... associate set decorator
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
Conrad Kahn .... sound (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Durward Graybill .... still photographer (uncredited)
Albert Hunter .... grip (uncredited)
A. Lindsley Lane .... camera operator (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Leo Arnaud .... orchestrator
José Iturbi .... music supervisor (as Jose Iturbi)
Charles Previn .... musical director
Conrad Salinger .... orchestrator
Robert Franklyn .... composer: title music (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
James Gooch .... technicolor color consultant
Henri Jaffa .... technicolor color consultant
Leslie H. Martinson .... script supervisor (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
German | English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Featured in Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (1996) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Una furtiva lagrima more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Gem of a film! Great cast, great singing, 5 August 2007
10/10
Author: Avivale from Los Angeles, CA

A young Mario Lanza. A young Kathryn Grayson. Ethel Barrymore. Keenan Wynn. Jules Munshin hamming it up as only he can.

Plotwise, the movie is very thin: Grandmother finances an opera company so her young granddaughter can sing. Except, she doesn't want to sing with the old, fat tenor with the ego-- she wants to sing with the young, gifted truck driver she discovers. Then there's a love triangle, in which of course everything goes wrong because nobody communicates.

But the singing is so wonderful, and so are Jose Iturbi's piano skills. We are treated to plenty of both throughout the movie. This film is a gem.

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