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The Great Caruso
Original film poster
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Written by
William Ludwig
Produced by
Joe Pasternak
Starring
Mario Lanza
Cinematography
Joseph Ruttenberg
Edited by
Gene Ruggiero
Music by
Johnny Green
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by
Loew's Inc.
Release date
April 27, 1951 (1951-04-27)
Running time
109 mins
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1,853,000[1]
Box office
$9,269,000[1]
The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as famous operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The movie was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Joe Pasternak with Jesse L. Lasky as associate producer. The screenplay, by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, was suggested by the biography Enrico Caruso His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso, the tenor's widow. The original music was composed and arranged by Johnny Green and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. Costume design was by Helen Rose and Gile Steele.
The film is a highly fictionalized biography of the life of Caruso.
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