Mario Lanza - Marechiare - Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth

Mario’s beautiful voice is here combined with the expert dancing of Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth.

The song Marechiare was composed by Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti who was an Italian composer and music teacher. In 1880, he was made singing master to the British Royal Family and in 1894 he joined the Royal Academy of Music as a professor. In 1906, Tosti became a British citizen and was knighted two years later by his friend, Edward VII. He returned to Italy in 1910, spending most of his remaining years in Rome. The lyrics were written by the prominent Neapolitan dialect poet, Salvatore Di Giacomo. (Above information is from: http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Francesco_Paolo_Tosti).

The photos of Mario are from his film The Great Caruso. That film and his others are for sale by Turner Classic Movies, go to shop.tcm.com.

Astaire and Hayworth are actually dancing to the song “I’m Old Fashioned”, composed in 1942 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer. It was written for the film “You Were Never Lovelier” (1942).
Above information is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Old_Fashioned.

Fred Astaire was “Born on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska, Fred Astaire is regarded by many as the greatest popular music dancer of all time. Astaire is usually remembered for his pairings with Ginger Rogers, who starred in several films with him, including Swing Time (1936).” (above quote is from: http://www.biography.com/people/fred-astaire-9190991).
“Astaire's biographer, Peter Levinson, writes that the dancing combination of Astaire and Hayworth was ‘absolute magnetism on the screen.’ Although Astaire made ten films with Ginger Rogers, his other main dancing partner, Hayworth's Latin sensuality surpassed the erotic quality of Rogers. ‘Rita's youthful exuberance meshed perfectly with Fred's maturity and elegance,’ says Levinson.
When Astaire was asked who his favorite dance partner was, he tried not answering the question, but later admitted it was Hayworth: ‘All right, I'll give you a name,’ he said. ‘But if you ever let it out, I'll swear I lied. It was Rita Hayworth.’ Astaire commented that ‘Rita danced with trained perfection and individuality … She was better when she was 'on' than at rehearsal.’ Biographer Charlie Reinhart describes the effect she had on Astaire's style: There was a kind of reserve about Fred. It was charming. It carried over to his dancing. With Hayworth there was no reserve. She was very explosive. And that's why I think they really complemented each other.
(Above quotes and information is from: Levinson, Peter. Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography, St. Martin's Press (2009) pp. 123-124) & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth).

“Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987) was an American actress and dancer. She achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in a total of 61 films over 37 years. The press coined the term "love goddess" to describe Hayworth after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s…. Fred Astaire, with whom she made two films, called her his favorite dance partner.” (Above quote is from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hayworth#cite_note-15)
Hayworth was married five times, among them Orson Welles, “… American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.” (From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles), Dick Haymes, well known singer, and Prince Aly Khan, a wealthy Muslim.

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