The sad irony of mario lanza, making a film called for the first time, and it was his very last film. He died the year after filming this. It's a love story between tonio (lanza) and christa ( johanna von koczian). He's a world renowned singer, but she's deaf, and can't hear his singing. They want to get married, but christa refuses to get married until her hearing is repaired. Zsa zsa is gloria, tony's friend. And we assume, sometimes lover. Her role kind of felt penciled in. The patron of the arts. The running gag is that gloria tells every man that he's the one she has been waiting for, all her life. Zsa zsa and her sisters had been in hollywood for about fifteen years at this point, and were known for being seen in high society. Lots of singing by tony. It's pretty good. Comes to a crashing halt when tony has a performance while christa is in the hospital. He finally gets to the hospital, and then sings some more. Jeez. Fans of the opera will probably appreciate it more. Directed by rudolph mate, who was nominated for five oscars, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944,1945. Interesting. They were all for cinematography. Story by andrew solt. According to wikipedia dot org, he owns the entire ed sullivan show library, and worked on several projects with jacques cousteau.
Review of For the First Time
