Mario Lanza (1921 - 1959)

American tenor of Italian ancestry, and an actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s.

* January 31, 1921 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 as Alfred Arnold Cocozza
 October 7, 1959 Rome, Lazio, Italy



Books with substantial mentioning of Mario Lanza

Michelle Vogel
Children of Hollywood, Accounts of growing up as the sons and daughters of stars
Jefferson, N.C., 2005

Foreword by John-Michael Howson Cut! Foreword by John-Michael Howson
Cut!, Hollywood murders, accidents, and other tragedies
Willoughby, Australia, 2005

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Friederike Mat (ed.) Unsere Filmlieblinge Friederike Mat (ed.)
Unsere Filmlieblinge, Ein Bilderbuch
Wien, München, Düsseödorf, Bozen, 1956

Books with an entry on Mario Lanza

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Films

1944
Winged Victory

1949
That Midnight Kiss

1950
The Toast of New Orleans

1951
The Great Caruso

1952
Because You're Mine

1954
The Student Prince

1956
Serenade

1957
Arrivederci Roma

1959
For the First Time

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