Word: purdon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...production of The Student Prince went before the cameras after a two-year delay precipitated by the temperamental walkout of pudgy Tenor Mario Lanza. The film will star British Newcomer Edmund Purdon, no singer, who will act out the songs, with gestures, to the sound-track voice of Lanza, who recorded the songs before he left the studio. Said Actor Purdon: "When I first heard [Lanza's recording], I thought it was full of excesses and a bit hammy. He sings as if he were in perpetual ecstasy. Then I realized how good that is because it gives...