Mario Lanza A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody A. C. Johnston photographer

Photos of M. Lanza together with Art Deco photographs by the Ziegfeld Girls photographer, Alfred Cheney Johnston, and a video segment of Ziegfeld Girls, combine to create a stunning background for Lanza s beautiful voice. Irving Berlin wrote both the music and the lyrics for this song which premiered in 1946. One of Alfred Cheney Johnston s models shown here was actress Helene Costello, younger sister of Dolores Costello of Hollywood films. Another prominent model also shown here was Ruby Keeler, wellknown tap dancer and actress, and former wife of Al