Serenade (1956) "MOD - 3D"

Serenade (1956) "MOD - 3D"A rising opera star's life is as turbulent as the on stage roles he plays in this emotion swept musical drama based on a James M. Cain novel and filmed almost entirely in Mexico. As the young vocalist who emerges from the obscurity of the vineyards, Mario Lanza impressively hoists the lead role onto his wide shoulders. In a dazzlingly display of the power that made him a sensation of the musical screen, the renowned tenor sings Ave Maria, excerpts

an interest in Parne11's luminous leads and talented supporting players and an appreciative eye for MGM's second- to-none production of costume dramas may be eager to reassess this often- dismissed film

While in the second outing

and Beulah Bondi

a catnapped royal lion

his relationship with a woman married to a political rival

Major Lincoln Bond (Holden) returns to active service as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base

who later went on to play Philip Marlowe in Murder

young widow Fay Cheyney wins (the favor of all) with her beauty

Grace Herbert gets by romancing men just long enough to land a hefty 'breach of promise' suit

Choose again

He's an uninhibited brute

left Willow Creek and went on the drift for five years