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Tonight We Sing

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Tonight We Sing
Directed byMitchell Leisen
Written by
Produced byGeorge Jessel
StarringDavid Wayne
Ezio Pinza
Roberta Peters
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byAlfred Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • January 26, 1953(1953-01-26)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tonight We Singis a 1953 Americanmusicalbiopic filmdirected byMitchell Leisenand starringDavid Wayne,Ezio PinzaandRoberta Peters.It is based on the life and career of the celebrated impresarioSol Hurok.[1]

The film is based on the 1946 bookImpresario,an autobiography written by Sol Hurok with the help ofRuth Goode,who once served as Hurok's press agent.[2]The film credits Hurok as technical advisor.

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The film features performances of works from classical composers:Chopin,Gounod,Kreisler,Leoncavallo,Mussorgsky,Puccini,Rubinstein,Saint-Saëns,Sarasate,VerdiandWieniawski.The film includes opera arias, duets and staged scenes from the operas:Boris Goudonov,Faust,Madama Butterfly,andLa Traviata.Tamara Toumanova, in her role as Pavlova, performs in three ballet scenes within the film.

The tenor voice ofJan Peerceis heard in the picture as well as theRCA Victorsoundtrackrelease.

References

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  1. ^"Tonight We Sing (1953) - Mitchell Leisen - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".AllMovie.Retrieved27 October2018.
  2. ^Whitman, Alden (March 6, 1974)."Sol Hurok, the Impresario, Dies at 85".New York Times.RetrievedApril 12,2019.
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