Photos and voice of M. Lanza with master artists’ paintings appropriate to the lyrics combine to make this a very pleasing video.
Jerome Kern was the song’s composer; the lyrics were done by B. G. (Buddy) DeSylva. “It was written in 1919 for the unsuccessful musical Zip, Goes a Million. In 1920 it was published and reused in the musical Sally whence it was popularized by Marilyn Miller.“ (Quote is from: )
The photos of Mario Lanza are from “The Great Caruso“ and “The Seven Hills of Rome“.
The paintings of the master artists are listed below in order of their appearance:
1) Three Little Kittens by Joseph Clark 1883
2) Alfred Émile Stevens (Belgian painter, 1823-1906)
3) Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Celia Thaxter’s Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine
4) Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Celia Thaxter in Her Garden
5) Henry John Yeend King (British artist, 1855-1924)
6) William-Adolphe Bouguereau Maternal Admiration
7) Henri Lebasque (French artist, 1865-1937) Promenade Sur L’Eau 1918
8) Dear Bird by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
9) William-Adolphe Bouguereau - The Iris
10) A Little Coaxing by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
11) Hamilton Hamilton (1847--1928) Falling Apple Blossoms
12) Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1939), Fleur de Lis, 1895--1900
13) Guy Orlando Rose - American painter - 1867-1925 - On River’s Edge 1910
14) John Constable - Salisbury Cathedral
15) Edward Cucuel (American artist, 1879-1954) Picnic on the Starnberger See
16) Frederick Walker (English artist, 1840-1875) Rochester and Jane Eyre
17) Mary Cassatt (American artist, 1844-1926) The Boating Party 1893
18) “Boys Fishing“ by David Cox