Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Toast of New Orleans (1950)


Academy Awards, USA 1951

Nominated
Oscar
Best Music, Original Song
Nicholas Brodszky (music)
Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
For the song "Be My Love"

MGM
Directed by Norman Taurog
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Bayou fisherman Mario Lanza falls in love with opera singer Kathryn Grayson one day while she is visiting the countryside. He impresses her impresario while singing during the big Blessing of the Fleet celebration. He goes to New Orleans and is transformed into an opera star and gentleman. Grayson decides she liked him better as a fisherman. The singing by Lanza and Grayson is impeccable, but the stereotyped characters and cliched plot nearly sink it.

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