Mario sings one of his best known popular songs and he is accompanied by paintings appropriate to the lyrics. Many June brides have included his song in their wedding ceremonies. Guy d' Hardelot (pseudonym for Helen Rhodes) (circa 1858 - 1936) wrote the originally French song and Edward Teschemacher wrote an English version of the lyrics. The original French lyrics: Lorsque j'entends ton pas, comme en un rêve Le fol espoir de te revoir s'élève, Et vainement vers toi je tends les bras, Quand j'entends ton pas. Et quand divinement ta voix m'enchaîne, Je vois s'évanouir toute ma peine, Et tout ton être chante, et vibre en moi, Quand j'entends ta voix. Et puis tu viens à moi et je frissonne, Tu prends ma main, et tout mon coeur se donne A toi en un baiser brûlant d'émoi, Car tu viens à moi! recorded in French by Caruso, go to http://archive.org/details/Caruso-DHardelot to listen Photos of Mario Lanza are from his film, The Great Caruso. This and his other films are available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies. About THOMAS SULLY: Six paintings used in this video are by Thomas Sully. "Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to the actors Matthew and Sarah Sully. In March 1792 the Sullys and their nine children immigrated to Richmond, Virginia, where Thomas's uncle managed a theater.... at age 12 or thereabouts Sully began painting and studied with his brother-in-law Jean Belzons (active 1794--1812), a French miniaturist, until they had a falling-out in 1799. He then returned to Richmond to learn "miniature & Device painting" from his elder brother Lawrence Sully (1769--1804). After Lawrence Sully's death, Thomas Sully married his sister-in-law, Lawrence's widow, Sarah Annis Sully and not only took on the raising of Lawrence's children but fathered an additional nine children with Sarah himself.... Sully became a professional painter at age 18 in 1801. He studied portrait painting under Gilbert Stuart in Boston for three weeks. After some time in Virginia with this brother, Sully moved to New York, after which he moved to Philadelphia in 1806, where he resided for the remainder of his life. In 1809 he traveled to London for nine months of study under Benjamin West. Sully's 1824 portraits of John Quincy Adams, who became President within the year, and then the Marquis de Lafayette appear to have brought him to the forefront of his day.... Sully's own index indicates that he produced 2,631 paintings from 1801, most of which are currently in the United States. His style resembles that of Thomas Lawrence. Though best known as a portrait painter, Sully also made historical pieces and landscapes. An example of the former is the '1819 Passage of the Delaware', now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston." (Above quote is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sully.) A list of the artists and their paintings used in the order of their appearance in the video: 1) Thomas Sully (1783-1872) -- Fanny Kemble, 1834 2) Thomas Sully (1783-1872) - Lady with Harp (Eliza Ridgely), 1818 3) George Sheridan Knowles (1863 - 1931) -- title unknown 4) Thomas Sully (1783-1872) -- Mrs. James Montgomery, Jr. 5) Marie-François Firmin-Girard (1838-1921) -- title unknown 6) Julius Sergius von Klever (1850 -- 1924) -- title unknown 7) Thomas Sully (1783-1872) -- Francis Hopkinson 8) Thomas Sully (1783-1872) -- Miss Susan Hall, 1837 9) Charles Edward Perugini (1839 -- 1918) -- Lovers in a Garden 10) Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848 -- 1925) - Gather Ye Rosebuds Whilst Ye May, 1905 11) artist unknown, [Circle of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783 -- 22 July 1853)] - Portrait of A Young Couple 12) Thomas Sully (1783-1872) -- Mary Ann Paton (Mme. Wood) 13) Peder Severin Kroyer (1851 - 1909) - Edvard And Nina Grieg At The Piano, 1892 14) Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852 - 1929) - Blessing Of The Young Couple Before Marriage 15) Franz Xavier Winterhalter (1806-1873) - Pauline Sandor, Princes...