Movie Life - Yearbook
Movie Life of Mario Lanza
Page 5
Milestones in the Movie Life of Mario Lanza
That Midnight Kiss, 1949.
The South Philadelphian kid started in films as truck-driver
whose great voice came to attention of singer Kathryn Grayson.
Toast of New Orleans, 1950.
As roughneck fisherman, Mario won Kathryn away from David Niven
in tune-filled tale of love and professional jealousy.
The Great Caruso, 1951.
Story of all-time greatest tenor meant a lusty role for Lanza,
with Carl Benton Reid, Dorothy Kirsten, Ann Blyth. Smash hit!
