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THAT MIDNIGHT KISS
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CREDITS
1949, 96 minutes, Technicolor.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Norman Taurog; Screenplay, Bruce Manning and Tamara Hovey; Cinematography, Robert Surtees.
CAST
Prudence Budell, Kathryn Grayson; Jose Iturbi, Himself; Abigail Budell, Ethel Barrymore; Johnny Donetti, Mario Lanza; Artie Glenson, Keenan Wynn; Papa Donetti, J. Carroll Naish; Michael Pemberton, Jules Munshin; Guido Betelli, Thomas Gomez; Mary, Marjorie Reynolds; Hutchins, Arthur Treacher; Amparo Iturbi, Herself.
SONGS
I Know, I Know, I Know by Bronislau Kaper and Bob Russell; Three O'Clock In The Morning by Dorothy Terriss and Julian Robledo; They Didn't Believe Me by Jerome Kern and Herbert Reynolds; Santa Lucia by Teodoro Cottrau; Down Among The Sheltering Palms by James Brockman and Abe Olman; Revolutionary Etude by Chopin; Caro Nome; Celeste Aida by Verdi; Una Furtiva Lacrima by Donizetti; Piano Concerto in E Flat by Liszt; Mama Mia Che Vo Sape by Mascagni; themes from Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony; Russian Nightmare.
PLOT SYNOPSIS
"Grayson played a Philadelphia heiress determined to become an opera star, and Lanza a singing truck driver whose virile good looks and powerful high C's sweep her off her feet. Several misunderstandings helped thicken a very thin plot. In the end, however, music rather than words proved to be the food of love, with the warring couple singing their way into each other's hearts (and ours.)"
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
NOTES
"With its full-to-overflowing mixture of classical music and popular standards, an easygoing, undemanding screenplay. . .it had the sweet smell of success stamped on to every frame."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"Simple-minded vehicle for the first appearance of Mario Lanza."
- Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Film Guide
HARVARD LAMPOON WORST FILM AWARD WINNER
This was Mario Lanza's film debut.
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