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6.6/10   187 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Bruce Manning (screenplay) and
Tamara Hovey (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 January 1950 (Sweden) more
Genre:
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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Delightful and Naive Debut of Mario Lanza more (13 total)

Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:96 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Featured in Some of the Best (1949) more
Soundtrack:
They Didn't Believe Me more

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8 out of 8 people found the following review useful.
Delightful and Naive Debut of Mario Lanza, 20 April 2008
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Philadelphia, the soprano Prudence Budell (Kathryn Grayson) returns from Europe after a period of five years training in the best Europeans music schools. Her millionaire grandmother Abigail Trent Budell (Ethel Barrymore) sponsors an opera company under the command of the famous maestro Jose Iturbi to give a chance to Prudence to lead an opera. They hire the also famous tenor Guido Russino Betelli (Thomas Gomez), but Prudence does not feel comfortable with him on the stage. When Prudence accidentally sees the American-Italian truck driver Johnny Donnetti (Mario Lanza) singing opera, she convinces Jose Iturbi to give a chance to Johnny. They fall in love for each other, but when Prudence visits his work to tell that he will be hired, she meets Mary (Marjorie Reynolds) and she believes Johnny is in love of his colleague.

"That Midnight Kiss" is a delightful and naive musical and romantic comedy, and also the debut of Mario Lanza in the cinema industry. The classy story is predictable and is a great family entertainment with wonderful classic music and opera; has many funny moments and Kathryn Grayson and Mario Lanza show a magnificent chemistry. The DVD released in Brazil is re-mastered in Technicolor and 5.1 Dolby System. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Aquele Beijo à Meia-Noite" ("That Midnight Kiss")

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