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Serenade

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Serenade
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2hrs 1min
Genres:
Drama,Musical,Romance
Release:
1956
Director:
Anthony Mann
Starring:
Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sarita Montiel  ...more
Synopsis: Loosely based on a novel by James M. Cain, this romantic drama centers on the struggles of a humble vineyard worker (real-life opera star Mario Lanza) who rises to become a renowned opera star. In the original book, Damon, the protagonist, has a homosexual relationship with the patron who boosts his career, but in the film, the patron is a wealthy and manipulative young woman named Kendall (Joan Fontaine). As charming as she is selfish, poor Damon cannot help but fall in love with Kendall. Unfortunately, ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
In this 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann, Mario Lanza romances two women -- one a socialite who jilts him and another a bullfighter's daughter who accepts him -- and rumbles the rafters with 15 songs. The love story is average; the singing is sensational. While all of the spine-tingling drama is taking place, the raison d'être of the film, the real reason Hollywood bothered to make it, presents itself. ... Full Review
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Mario Lanza
Damon Vincente
Joan Fontaine
Kendall Hale
Sarita Montiel
Juana Montez
Vincent Price
Charles Winthrop
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