Capriccio Italien (1953) 

*** (out of 4)

You can tell MGM really loved their symphony orchestra because they didn't shy away from making a short around them. This time out Johnny Green leads the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the title song and once again, if you're a fan of music, you should get a real kick out of it. I've seen several of these types of shorts and they usually have two things in common. One is that they feature great music but the other thing is that they were poorly shot as the camera is constantly gliding over things but never really picking anything too important up. That's not the case here because the cinematography is actually very good and we get a lot of nice shots of the band playing.

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Johnny Green conducts the MGM Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the title work.

Johnny Green and The MGM Symphony Orchestra in Capriccio Italien (1953)

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The MGM Symphony Orchestra in Capriccio Italien (1953)

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