Tonight We Sing (1953)

A musical biopic on the life and career of impresario and Russian immigrant Sol Hurok (David Wayne) who, despite having no musical talent of his own, fostered the careers of many who did. Based on the autobiography IMPRESARIO by Sol Hurok and Ruth Goode and directed by Mitchell Leisen (MURDER AT THE VANITIES). A crashing bore! A by the numbers tale interposed with guest stars performing excerpts from opera and ballet. MGM (this is a Fox film) did this kind of stuff better with movies like DEEP IN MY HEART and TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY. Here you have Ezio Pinza as Feodor Chaliapin, Tamara Toumanova as Anna Pavlova and Isaac Stern as Eugene Ysaye all doing briefly what they do best in an inferior film. It's one of those "and then I did this and then I did that" movie bios. With Anne Bancroft, Roberta Peters and Byron Palmer (his singing voice dubbed by Jan Peerce).