Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Mario Lanza's glorious 1951 radio performance of Cole Porter's classic "Begin the Beguine" in a match-up with Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell's dancing to the same song in the finale of their 1940 film, "Broadway Melody of 1940". Interesting aside Norman Taurog directed "Broadway Melody of 1940" & Mario's first 2 films: "That Midnight Kiss" & "The Toast of New Orleans".

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