Toast of New Orleans [VHS]
by Norman Taurog

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VHS Movie Reviews of Toast of New Orleans [VHS]

Movie Review: Singing good, acting bad
Summary: 3 Stars

Movie Review: JUAN SULLIVAN
Summary: 4 Stars

Movie Review: a melodious feast for Lanza fans
Summary: 4 Stars

The music is fabulous, with original songs by Nicholas Brodszky and Sammy Cahn, including the Lanza hit and Oscar nominated "Be My Love"; others are "Tina Lina", "I'll Never Love You", "The Toast of New Orleans", "Song of the Bayou", and "Boom Biddy Boom Boom".
The operatic selections are what make the film for me, and include a terrific "La fleur que tu m'avais jetee" (from Bizet's "Carmen"), "O paradissortide l'onde" (Mayerbeer/"L'africaine"), "Je suis Titania" (Thomas/"Mignon"). "Libiamo, libiamo ne' lieti calici" (Verdi/"La Traviata"), and my favorite scene in the film, "Viene la sera" from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly".

The cast surrounding Lanza is great, with Kathryn Grayson excellent as Suzette the soprano and love interest, David Niven smooth and classy as Jacques the director, J. Carrol Naish as Uncle Nicky, and some humorous scenes belong to Clinton Sundberg as he tries to teach Lanza "social graces".
This lighthearted frothy film is delightful, and a must for Lanza fans. Total running time is 97 minutes.

Movie Review: Toast of New Orleans
Summary: 5 Stars

Movie Review: great film!
Summary: 5 Stars

Classics Video

• Genres > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals
• Drama
• Musicals & Performing Arts - Musicals - General