The Great Caruso (1951)

The Great Caruso (1951) (1951)

  • 61% of users liked it
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The film traces Naples-born Caruso's ascension from adolescent choir singer to the uppermost ranks of the opera world. Caruso is brought to America, getting off to a bad start by inadvertently insulting the impresario (Carl Benton Reid) responsible for his Metropolitan debut. This complication… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
In Theaters
Apr 16, 1951 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    This conventional biopic of the famous Italian tenro was one of 1951's biggest commercial hits due to Mario Lanza's popularity at the time.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Hits a few high notes over the music but hits too many low notes after fudging the biography with too much fictionalization.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Fictional hokum as far as the story of the real Caruso's life but Mario is in beautiful voice and isn't that what you're watching for anyway.

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