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The Toast of New Orleans (1950)

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User Rating: 6.0/10 (149 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Norman Taurog
Writers:
Sy Gomberg (written by) and
George Wells (written by)
Release Date:
24 August 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical more
Plot:
Snooty opera singer (Kathryn Grayson) meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman (Mario Lanza) in the Louisiana bayous... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Opera lovers take note, opera haters run for cover... more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Goofs:
Continuity: Three-quarters of the way through the "Tina-Lina," Pierre's trousers develop a tear at the seam near the hip, which magically repairs itself in the next shot. more
Quotes:
Oscar: Since society began there's been a way of doing things right and a way of doing them wrong. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Precious Images (1986) more
Soundtrack:
Be My Love more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Opera lovers take note, opera haters run for cover..., 1 June 2000
6/10
Author: FelixtheCat from Cleveland, OH

Turn-of-the-century New Orleans is the setting of this operatic, musical romance starring Mario Lanza and his powerful voice and the porcelain Kathryn Grayson. Lanza plays a bayou, shrimp fisherman who lives with his nagging uncle, J. Carrol Naish. He is a brash and verile lout until an opera director, David Niven, sees him singing and believes he is the tenor that his opera has been needing. Lanza's voice is ironed out through the company's training as are his brutish manners, with the help of opera star Grayson, whom Lanza has fallen for. The humor is typical, but opera lovers may enjoy the inclusion of arias from "Mignon," "Carmen," and "La Traviata," along with duets from "Madam Butterfly." A young Rita Moreno appears as a waterfront girl.

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