Because You're Mine
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Movie Review: Because You're Mine Tape!!
Summary: 4 Stars
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Movie Review: Great Score
Summary: 5 Stars
"Because You're mine" is packed full of fabulous music and although the story line is pure fantasy the movie as a whole is enjoyable and worth watching over and over just to hear the music. Lanza's "The Lords Prayer" was the best ever. To bad they don't make movies like this anymore. A real winner.Beverly J Scott author of Righteous Revenge
Movie Review: Pleasant enough, though not Mario's best
Summary: 3 Stars
Because You're Mine was Mario Lanza's fourth movie, and was much criticised on its release as artistically a step backwards for the celebrated tenor after the success of The Great Caruso the previous year. But is Because You're Mine really that bad?
Actually, this is a fun movie. While it lacks the polish of That Midnight Kiss and the sheer high spirits of Toast of New Orleans, vocally, at least, it has more going for it than either of those movies. Highlights include a definitive Granada (in a key one and a half tones higher than usual), a moving Lord's Prayer, and several pleasing operatic and popular selections.
The film also boasts a fine co-star in James Whitmore, who provides much of the movie's comic relief, and a pleasant leading lady in Doretta Morrow (of the Broadway Kismet fame). She's no great shakes as a singer, but then - unlike Kathryn Grayson in the earlier movies - she isn't meant to be.
Lanza was initially opposed to making this movie, and gained an enormous amount of weight in the vain hope that this would discourage the producers from going ahead with it. Once actual filming began, he started to lose weight, dropping from 240 pounds to 159 pounds on the final day of shooting. As a result, his weight often varies substantially from scene to scene - a distracting but intriguing sight.
But none of this need detract from your enjoyment of a pleasant movie that includes some agreeable singing from the finest tenor of his generation. And you can always watch Lanza's next movie, Serenade, immediately after it for a reminder of what this man could do with a much meatier tale.
Movie Review: Mario At His Best
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is without a doubt the most beautiful of Mr. Lanza's. The storyline and the singing are wonderful. The best part in the movie is "The Lord's Prayer" in the Chapel.I recommend watching this more than once.Movie Review: Lanza in a different role--an Army private!
Summary: 3 Stars
This was MGM superstar Mario Lanza's fourth film, in 1952, after which he and the studio parted company in a dispute over his participation in their upcoming film "The Student Prince." Lanza didn't care for the script of "Because You're Mine," which took his character of a world-famous opera tenor (what else! ) and drafts him into the U.S. Army, as a humble (well, not so) private. There are the usual Lanza romantic entanglements, notably with Doretta Morrow, and some good scenes with veteran character actor James Whitmore (of "Give 'em Hell, Harry" and, in recent years, Miracle Gro fame) as the opera-loving top Sergeant who makes a better man out of the tenor. What saves the film is a nice selection of songs, from the title song which became a big hit for Lanza, to opera arias, and the songs Mamma mia, Granada and the Lord's Prayer. Naturally, Mario sounds great. So, if you don't mind the unlikely plot, this can be a pleasant way to spend a few hours. Incidentally, one of my song-and-dance favorites, Bobby Van, is in it, too.