The Toast of New Orleans

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NR,1hr 37min

Genre:

Musical

Release:

1950

Director:

Norman Taurog

Distributor:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Starring:

Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven ... More

Synopsis: So far as their fans were concerned, Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson could have stood up against a blank wall and sung uninterruptedly for 96 minutes in Toast of New Orleans. MGM, however, adhered to the policy that all movies must have plots. This one finds Lanza playing Pepe Abellard Duvalle, a shrimp fisherman from Louisiana's bayou country, while Grayson plays Suzette Micheline, a famed opera singer. After he witnesses an impromptu duet between Pepe and Suzette at an outdoor restaurant, Suzette's ... Full Synopsis

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	Craig Butler, AMG Review It's a little hard for most modern audiences to know what to make of movies like The Toast of New Orleans. The story is absurd and predictable, the characters at times are actively annoying, and contrivance is usually the order of the day. In its own time, the attraction of Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson made any such flaws beside the point, but opera -- which was even then not food for the masses ... Read Review

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	Kathryn Grayson Suzette Micheline Mario Lanza Pepe Abellard Duvalle David Niven Jacques Riboudeaux J. Carrol Naish Nicky Duvalle