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Director:
Richard Thorpe
Writer:
William Ludwig (suggested by book "Biography of her Husband" by Dorothy Caruso)
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Release Date:
16 April 1951 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Music more
Tagline:
The Intimate Story of a Man with a Voice as Great as His Heart! more
Plot:
Loosely traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Be My Love more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Mario Lanza ... Enrico Caruso
Ann Blyth ... Dorothy Benjamin
Dorothy Kirsten ... Louise Heggar
Jarmila Novotna ... Maria Selka
Richard Hageman ... Carlo Santi
Carl Benton Reid ... Park Benjamin
Eduard Franz ... Guilio Gatti-Casazza
Ludwig Donath ... Alfredo Brazzi
Alan Napier ... Jean de Reszke
Pál Jávor ... Antonio Scotti (as Paul Javor)
Carl Milletaire ... Gino
Shepard Menken ... Fucito
Vincent Renno ... Tullio
Nestor Paiva ... Egisto Barretto
Peter Price ... Caruso as a boy (as Peter Edward Price)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In October 1951, MGM was distributing this film on the drive-in theater circuit on a double bill with the Lassie movie The Painted Hills (1951). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in José Carreras: My Barcelona (1991) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
E Lucevan le Stelle more

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14 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Be My Love, 26 December 2002
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Author: (willrams@earthlink.net) from Santa Maria, CA

Yes, Be My Love was Mario Lanza's skyrocket to fame and still is popular today. His voice was strong and steady, so powerful in fact that MGM decided to use him in The Great Caruso. Lanza himself thought he was the reincarnation of Caruso. Having read the book by Kostelanitz who wrote a biography of Lanza, he explains that the constant practise and vocal lessons became the visionary Caruso to Lanza. There is no doubt that Lanza did a superb job in the story, but the story is not entirely true; blame it on Hollywood! I used to practise singing his songs years ago, and became pretty good myself until I lost my voice because of emphysema/asthma ten years ago. Reaching the high note of Be My Love is not easy; but beautiful!

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