Mario Lanza: The American Caruso

00:00:00 I am Plácido Domingo. There are two generations of music lovers

00:05:25 have to pin him down

00:07:26 I said please tell me what was the voice like? What was it like?

00:09:29 Mario Lanza's voice was the greatest.

00:11:59 And Mr. Mayer and Mrs. Cover and I went back to the stage

00:14:35 Hello! Goodbye! Wait a minute! Just sign here, lady, there's no extra charge for the song.

00:16:52 absolutely sensational.

00:21:59 in this home. Listening to his father's opera records and his mother's

00:24:18 his faults and Mario lived out her fantasies and his own.

00:26:23 with this rivalry and jealousy that existed.

00:28:42 So, fine, Mario stopped and came over then we went in the dressing room

00:30:49 However, what they published on the inside pages tore him apart.

00:32:57 When it came time to shoot the film, he didn't like

00:35:33 actor

00:38:45 and Mario sang, you know, we all knew we could sing.

00:41:33 family

00:46:09 and he said "I have

00:48:34 asked if this is true, if it is true that he's so rude and that uses

00:50:57 I remember as Lisa said, he used to take us as a bag

00:53:09 They weren't just narcotics. They were

00:55:29 Betty called back and said "Mike, he's already in the hospital

00:57:27 And he never paid them back.

00:59:38 holding on to my mother's coat and people showing me and

01:02:46 and exceptionally beautiful voice. Suppose for a moment