"Serenade": Lanza at his best.

mascaras

I agree with those who say this is probably Lanza's best film. I even liked it better than The Great Caruso. And, if it wasn't only for the fabulous music and Mario's performance, just the introduction of Sarita Montiel when she finds him in the street is worth watching again and again. One of the most beautiful faces to ever appear in a Hollywood film. Just a little more than a year after Serenade she'd become one of the most popular stars in the whole world with a singing role in a Spanish film: El Ultimo Cuple. For two years she became the biggest box office attraction in Europe, Latin America and everywhere where there was a movie theater. Vincent Price, as ha always does, gives a wonderful performance and Miss Fontaine ,as usual, is cold and distant.

score 8/10

mascaras 11 August 2008

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