Not for the first time and, we may safely predict probably not for the last, Mario Lanza, dieted down a bit, turns up in the kind of sweet, syrupy confection that seems to be his only strength in films. Yet wait. Has he developed a wry sense of humour that enables him to laugh at himself? For here he's a tempermental tenor with a penchant for forgetting all about his operatic dates.In this film the conduct doesn't pay off. After failing to turn up in the Vienna Opera House he has to flee incognito to Capri until public protest dies down. To get on professional terms with himself he has to find and fall in love with Christa (Johanna van Kozian), a deaf girl craving to hear his music. So it's work, work, work to get her the most expensive treatment and to give us the usual hotch-potch of operatic excerpts. It's mushy, lushy stuff. And, in the end, she DOES hear his voice. As his followers may insist - what more could a girl want or get? H.S. |
Tonio Costa.......Mario Lanza |
Gloria de Vadnuz.......Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Ladislas Tabory.....Kurt Kasznar |
Christa Bruckner.....Johanna van Kozian |
Albert Bruckner.....Hans Sohnker |
Leopold Huebner.....Peter Capell |
Angelo.....Renzo Cesana |
Alessandro.....Sandro Giglio |
M-G-M-Corona. "U" 97 Mins. |
