Mr. Imperium (1951)
An exiled king and a film star try to rekindle a romance from the past.
- Date of release
- 1951-03-02
- TMDB
- 5.1 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Music, Drama, Romance
- Director
- Don Hartman
Casting
- Lana Turner — Fredda Barlo
- Ezio Pinza — Mr. Imperium
- Marjorie Main — Mrs. Cabot
- Barry Sullivan — Paul Hunter
- Cedric Hardwicke — Bernand
- Debbie Reynolds — Gwen
- Ann Codee — Anna Pelan
Interesting facts
Mr. Imperium is a 1951 romantic musical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and starring Lana Turner and singer Ezio Pinza. Filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Don Hartman, who cowrote the screenplay with Edwin H. Knopf based on a play written by Knopf. The musical score was composed by Bronisław Kaper. Turner's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin.
Production
MGM announced the casting of Ezio Pinza, for his first starring role, in July 1949. Greer Garson had been cast in the lead female role, but MGM replaced her with Lana Turner in February 1950.
During production on August 8, 1950, Pinza was thrown from a horse while filming a scene. He suffered minor injuries and returned the next day.
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