I agree with those who say this is probably Lanza's best film. I even liked it better than The Great Caruso. And, if it wasn't only for the fabulous music and Mario's performance, just the introduction of Sarita Montiel when she finds him in the street is worth watching again and again. One of the most beautiful faces to ever appear in a Hollywood film. Just a little more than a year after Serenade she'd become one of the most popular stars in the whole world with a singing role in a Spanish film: El Ultimo Cuple. For two years she became the biggest box office attraction in Europe, Latin America and everywhere where there was a movie theater. Vincent Price, as ha always does, gives a wonderful performance and Miss Fontaine ,as usual, is cold and distant.
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El último cuplé
(1957)
The success of Sarita Montiel.
17 June 2008
During the forties, the Spanish Speaking world created two stars: María Félix, famous for her exquisite beauty and Libetad Lamarque, probably the most popular singer of those years. When, in 1957, EL ÚLTIMO CUPLÉ came out, the Spanish world (and the rest too!) found in Sarita Montiel an artist who had the beauty of María Félix (though a little more human and warm) and the charm of Libertad Lamarque (though the voice os Miss Lamarque was better). Her presence on the screen impacted everybody. Her unique singing style sold her records by the millions. After EL ÚLTIMO CUPLÉ came LA VIOLETERA, CARMEN, LA BELLA LOLA, PECADO DE AMOR, MI ÚLTIMO TANGO, LA REINA DEL CHANTECLER... films which broke box office records in Europe, America, Africa, India, Japan... even those countries behind the Iron Curtain. Neither the plots of her films nor her leading men were important; moviegoers wanted only one thing: to see and hear Sarita. Wherever there has been a movie screen a film of Miss Montiel has surely played.
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