Mario Lanza - You Are Love -That Midnight Kiss

The great Mario Lanza sings an extremely beautiful Jerome Kern song, You Are Love, from the musical Showboat.

The initial photo of Lanza is from his movie The Great Caruso. The rest of the photos of him, Kathryn Grayson and conductor José Iturbi are from their movie That Midnight Kiss. Both movies are available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies.

The song, You Are Love, is from 1927 musical Showboat by Jerome Kern and presented by Florenz Ziegfeld.
"Kern had been impressed by Edna Ferber's novel Show Boat and wished to present a musical stage version. He persuaded Hammerstein to adapt it and Ziegfeld to produce it. The story, dealing with racism, marital strife and alcoholism, was unheard of in the escapist world of musical comedy. Despite his doubts, Ziegfeld spared no expense in staging the piece to give it its full epic grandeur. According to the theatre historian John Kenrick: 'After the opening night audience filed out of the Ziegfeld Theatre in near silence, Ziegfeld thought his worst fears had been confirmed. He was pleasantly surprised when the next morning brought ecstatic reviews and long lines at the box office. In fact, Show Boat proved to be the most lasting accomplishment of Ziegfeld's career -- the only one of his shows that is regularly performed today.' The score is, arguably, Kern's greatest and includes the well-known songs "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" as well as "Make Believe", "You Are Love", "Life Upon the Wicked Stage", "Why Do I Love You", and "Bill". The show ran for 572 performances on Broadway and was also a success in London."
(Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Kern )

Paintings by master artists are listed below in order of their appearance in the video.
1) Hugh Maynard Brown (1840 -- 1902) - A Lovers' Barge drawn by Swans, c. 1878
2) Daniel Maclise (1806 -- 1870) - The Student, 1862
3) N. C. Wyeth (1882 -- 1945) - Tristam and Isolde
4) Frederic Leighton (1830 -1896) - The Painter's Honeymoon
5) Federico Andreotti (1847 - 1930) - Courting Couple
6) Nicaise de Keyser (1813 -- 1887) - The Lover's Gift
7) Albert Tibulle Furcy de Lavault (1847 - 1915) -- Roses

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