Blu-ray Review The Great Caruso Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

Richard Thorpe’s The Great Caruso is a rather by-the-numbers, often fictional biography of the great operatic sensation of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but its entertainment value is excellent, and the new Warner Archive Blu-ray release does it full justice.



The Great Caruso (1951)



Released: 17 Aug 1951
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 109 min




Director: Richard Thorpe
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music



Cast: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna
Writer(s): Sonya Levien, William Ludwig, Dorothy Caruso (suggested by Biography Of Her Husband)



Plot: This film traces the life of tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-1921). He loves Musetta, in his home town of Naples, and then Dorothy, the daughter of one of the Metropolitan Opera's patrons. Caruso...



IMDB rating: 6.5...

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