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Du bist die Welt für mich (1953)
An Enjoyable Film
Not particularly accurate on detail (two examples: Tauber's list of many lovers did not feature a ballet dancer as suggested here; and, Rudolf Schock, as Tauber, sings O Paradis, an aria which, rather curiously, Tauber seems not to have included in his huge recorded output and may not have sung at all), but still a pleasure to see and hear because of the fine singing and sympathetic portrayal by Rudolf Schock of his great fellow singer. It is a pity that cost constraints for German companies in the decade following the Second World War did not permit the making of The Richard Tauber Story in colour, better to display the Austrian scenery and so enhance the film's appeal.
So This Is Love (1953)
One Star Salutes Another
This seems to be fairly accurate as a biopic. certainly, the sequence where Grace Moore's vocal trauma was dealt with appeared to follow the events and treatment described in You're Only Human Once, Moore's autobiography.
1953 was a year in which two American singers starred in filmed tributes to stars of earlier times: Patrice Munsel played the title role in the British production of Melba, and Kathryn Grayson made a convincing and entertaining Grace Moore for Warners.
So This Is Love is a film that many people may find enjoyable, and seems to have been a worthy attempt by both the star and the studio to pay their sincere respects to Grace Moore, herself an outstanding figure in stage and film work. Hopefully it may soon be available on DVD or whatever the new formats may be.