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The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
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Release Date:
24 August 1950 (USA) morePlot:
Snooty opera singer (Kathryn Grayson) meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman (Mario Lanza) in the Louisiana bayous... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Opera lovers take note, opera haters run for cover... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Kathryn Grayson | ... | Suzette Micheline |
| Mario Lanza | ... | Pepe Abellard Duvalle |
 | David Niven | ... | Jacques Riboudeaux |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Nicky Duvalle |
 | James Mitchell | ... | Pierre |
| Richard Hageman | ... | Maestro P. Trellini |
| Clinton Sundberg | ... | Oscar |
| Sig Arno | ... | Mayor |
 | Rita Moreno | ... | Tina |
| Romo Vincent | ... | Manuelo |
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)MOVIEmeter: 
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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. moreQuotes:
Oscar: Since society began there's been a way of doing things right and a way of doing them wrong. moreSoundtrack:
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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.