Mario Lanza - Long Ago and Far Away- Astaire and Rogers video free download
Mario Lanza's beautiful voice and photos of him from the film "For the First Time" are joined with Astaire and Rogers lovely dancing to make a wonderful combination.
"Long Ago and Far Away" was a song originally written for the 1944 musical "Cover Girl". The music was written by Jerome Kern, and Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics. Mario Lanza recorded the song for his 1951 television show.
The photographs are from Lanza's 1959 movie "For the First Time". Johanna von Koczian is the female lead. It is Lanza's last movie and was filmed in Italy. It is available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies.
Clips from the video of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were taken from the 1939 movie "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle". The full video of this dance is found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpsX6wATdos&feature=related, which was uploaded by engagedesigncom, http://www.youtube.com/user/engagedesigncom. This channel host has uploaded 184 wonderful videos.
Comments
10 years ago
MegaMusiclover1234
When come such others? Maybe not in our lifetime. At least not that I know of. Thank you for your comment. Sandra10 years ago
Mike Horton
Lovely! Mario sings...and Ginger does everything Fred does - but better, AND, backwards and in heels! When comes such others?12 years ago
maureen1938
Mario's voice not only touches our hearts, he goes right through to our souls. I'm enthralled listening to him and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are fabulous....THANK YOU again.12 years ago
MegaMusiclover1234
I am so pleased that you like this video. Mario's voice and the way he sings the lyrics touch our hearts. Fred and Ginger do a fantastic job dancing in the style of Vernon and Irene Castle too, don't they? Thank you again, so glad you liked it.12 years ago
maureen1938
BEAUTIFUL Thank you again for the lovely shares of the one and only Mario Lanza12 years ago
MegaMusiclover1234
@Valdez244 We are fortunate to have The Great Caruso in brilliant Technicolor. I've heard that the process was not only quite complicated to produce, but also extremely expensive. What a pity that films today usually no longer use this process.12 years ago
Valdez244
Just watched The Great Caruso again, probably his best performance because the subject was close to his heart, it`s such a pity it did`nt have cinemascope although the three strip technicolor is glorious.12 years ago
MegaMusiclover1234
@Valdez244 Thank you for your comment. I am very happy that you like the video. Mario sang everything with such feeling, straight from the heart. Long may his memory live on. Thank you again.12 years ago
