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Margherita Carosio who both played and sang the role of Adina and the off-screen singing of Ferruccio Tagliavini was heard as Nemorino. Robert Villa "acted" the part. The then still fine basso voice of Vincenzo Bettoni was dubbed for the veteran actor Armando Falconi. It restricted itself to the talkative story rather than the operatic version.
From England in 1948 came Nino Martini'’s last film effort -— "One Night With You", This fairly diverting romp gave Mr. Martini very little opportunity to sing. The "0 Paradiso” from "L’Africana” was ill-suited to his lyric limitations. Two songs "A Pathway through the Forest" and "One Night with You! were later issued by H.M.V. for a short while only. This film, incidentally, was the English version of Gino Bechi’s "Soli, Soli Nella Notte which had been released shortly before. Mr. Bechi*s rendition of the two songs from his film have a more animalistic appeal and they are sung with that no-nonsense, nonuance, devil-may-care style in which he excels. Speaking to Mr. Martini a few years ago, he expressed displeasure with the results of his one and only English film effort.
A 1948 European production of Academy Award calibre was "The Search" with the Czech soprano Jarmila Novotna. The story of Europe's displaced children gave Miss Novotna no opportunity to sing.
The only Hollywood production of any musical worth during this period was "Three Daring Daughters" with Jeanette MacDonald. The film was both heartwarming and homey and in its cast were the popular pianist José Iturbi and the peppery Jane Powell. It was all served in a tasteful Technicolor dish. A new film career seemed destined for Miss MacDonald, but alas it was not to materialize.
... ALDO MAGGIOROTTI,