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'Tonight We Sing' is a 1953 American musical biopic film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring David Wayne, Ezio Pinza and Roberta Peters. It is based on the life and career of the celebrated impresario Sol Hurok.

The film is based on the 1946 book 'Impresario', an autobiography written by Sol Hurok with the help of Ruth Goode, who once served as Hurok's press agent. The film credits Hurok as technical advisor.

Cast



*David Wayne as Sol Hurok

*Ezio Pinza as Feodor Chaliapin

*Roberta Peters as Elsa Valdine

*Anne Bancroft as Emma Hurok

*Tamara Toumanova as Anna Pavlova

*Isaac Stern as Eugne Ysae

*Byron Palmer as Gregory Lawrence

**Jan Peerce as Gregory Lawrence's singing voice

* Oskar Karlweis as Benjamin Golder

* Mikhail Rasumny as Nicolai

* Steven Geray as Prager

* Walter Woolf King as Gritti

* Lela Bliss as Mrs. Granek

* Harry Hayden as Mr. Granek

* Oscar Beregi as Dr. Markoff

* Isabel Withers as Emma's Maid

* Dudley Dickerson as Porter

* George E. Stone as Impresario

Music



The film features performances of works from classical composers: Chopin, Gounod, Kreisler, Leoncavallo, Mussorgsky, Puccini, Rubinstein, Saint-Sans, Sarasate, Verdi and Wieniawski. The film includes opera arias, duets and staged scenes from the operas: 'Boris Goudonov', 'Faust', 'Madama Butterfly', and 'La Traviata'. Tamara Toumanova, in her role as Pavlova, performs in three ballet scenes within the film.

The tenor voice of Jan Peerce is heard in the picture as well as the RCA Victor soundtrack release.

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