Mario Lanza - Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life - D. Fairbanks, Sr. & M. Pickford - Gordeeva & Grinkov

Mario Lanza’s beautiful voice singing Victor Herbert’s Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life is combined with photos of renown silent film legends Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and wife Mary Pickford along with film footage of ice skating medal winners Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva. Composer Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924) , wrote "Ah! Sweet mystery of life", which was published 1910.
“Victor Herbert was an American by adoption. Herbert was born in Dublin, Ireland on February 1, 1859 and later (1886) came to America and stayed with us. Herbert made his greatest contribution to America's music as a composer and writer of Operettas, many of which remain in the popular repertoire to this day. From the many songs he wrote for his operettas came many individual song hits that resonated with the American public and peoples around the world….Among the many songs that came out of this operetta (Naughty Marietta) was one of his grandest and most memorable, Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life.”
(Above quote is from: http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2004-11/thismonth/feature.php)

Photos of Mario Lanza are from his film The Great Caruso. This film and his others are available for purchase from Turner Classic Films.

“Douglas Fairbanks (May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro but spent the early part of his career making comedies.
An astute businessman, Fairbanks was a founding member of United Artists. Fairbanks was also a founding member of The Motion Picture Academy and hosted the first Oscars Ceremony in 1929. With his marriage to Mary Pickford in 1920, the couple became Hollywood royalty and Fairbanks was referred to as ‘The King of Hollywood’, a nickname later passed on to actor Clark Gable. His career rapidly declined however with the advent of the ‘talkies’. His final film was The Private Life of Don Juan (1934).”
(Above quote is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Fairbanks)

“Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Known as ‘America's Sweetheart’, ‘Little Mary’ and the ‘girl with the curls’, she was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting.

In consideration of her contributions to American cinema, the American Film Institute named Pickford 24th among the greatest female stars of all time.”
(Above quote is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pickford)

“Ekaterina ‘Katia’ Alexandrovna Gordeeva (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Гордеева) (born May 28, 1971) is a Russian (former Soviet) figure skater. Together with her partner and husband, the late Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion in pair skating. After her husband's death, she continued performing as a singles skater.”
(Above quote is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina_Gordeeva)

“Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Гринько́в, February 4, 1967 — November 20, 1995) was a Russian pair skater. Together with partner and wife Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and a four-time World Champion.”
(Above quote is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Grinkov)

Gordeeva and Grinkov are originally actually skating to "Più che puoi" by Eros Ramazzotti. The footage used here was originally uploaded by Motivacia92 who has uploaded 25 videos. Watch the entire original video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIS2K68Z5gAfilm.

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