The Great Caruso

For the Mario Lanza album, see Mario Lanza Sings Selections from The Great Caruso.

The Great Caruso
Original film poster
Directed byRichard Thorpe
Written byWilliam Ludwig
Based onEnrico Caruso, His Life and Death
1945 book
by Dorothy Caruso
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringMario Lanza
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byGene Ruggiero
Music byJohnny Green
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release dates
  • April 26, 1951 (1951-04-26) (Cincinnati)
  • May 10, 1951 (1951-05-10) (New York)
Running time
109 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,853,000
Box office$9,269,000

The Great Caruso is a 1951 biographical film directed by Richard Thorpe, produced by Joe Pasternak, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Mario Lanza as operatic tenor Enrico Caruso. The highly fictionalized screenplay, written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, is based on the biography Enrico Caruso His Life and Death by Dorothy Caruso, Caruso's widow. The original music was composed and arranged by Johnny Green, the cinematographer was Joseph Ruttenberg and the costume designers were Helen Rose and Gile Steele.

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