The Young Caruso

{{Infobox film

| name =The Young Caruso

| image =Enrico Caruso leggenda di una voce.jpg

| caption =

| director = Giacomo Gentilomo

| producer =Maleno Malenotti

| writer =

| narrator =

| starring = Ermanno Randi and Gina Lollobrigida

| music = Carlo Franci

| cinematography = Tino Santoni

| editing = Elsa Dubbini

| studio = Asso Film
Londo Films
Tirenna Film Associata di Roma

| released = {{Film date|1951|10|24|df=yes}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

| budget =

}}

The Young Caruso is a 1951 Italian historical musical melodrama biographical film about Enrico Caruso, directed by Giacomo Gentilomo. It stars Ermanno Randi as Enrico Caruso and Gina Lollobrigida. Its original Italian title is Enrico Caruso: leggenda di una voce (Enrico Caruso: Legend of a Voice).

It was produced by Asso Film, Londo Films and Tirenna Film Associata di Roma.{{cite book|author1=Unesco. Dept. of Mass Communications|author2=Unesco. Mass Communication Techniques Division|title=Reports and papers on mass communication|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JWDyAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 October 2011|year=1956|publisher=UNESCO|page=63}}{{cite book|last=Bessette|first=Roland L.|title=Mario Lanza: tenor in exile|url=https://archive.org/details/mariolanzatenori00bess|url-access=registration|accessdate=3 October 2011|year=1999|publisher=Amadeus Press|isbn=978-1-57467-044-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/mariolanzatenori00bess/page/109 109]}} It was adapted from a 1942 novel by Frank Thiess, Neapolitanische Legende (Neapolitan Legend). The film follows the life of the legendary tenor from childhood poverty in Naples to the beginning of his rise to fame.{{cite book|last=Craddock|first=Jim|title=Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005|url=https://archive.org/details/videohoundsgolde00jimc|url-access=registration|accessdate=3 October 2011|date=20 January 2005|publisher=Thomson/Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-7470-0}} Caruso's voice was provided by Mario Del Monaco and Lollobrigida's voice was dubbed by Dhia Cristiani.{{cite book|last=Mannering|first=Derek|title=Mario Lanza: singing to the gods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEidc3nWdTgC&pg=PA89|accessdate=3 October 2011|date=5 July 2005|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-57806-741-1|page=89}}{{cite book|author=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (U.S.)|title=Films in review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aw8LAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 October 2011|year=1967|publisher=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|page=200}}{{cite book|last=Canales|first=Luis|title=Imperial Gina: the strictly unauthorized biography of Gina Lollobrigida|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fockq2WHKtMC&pg=PA258|accessdate=3 October 2011|year=1990|publisher=Branden Books|isbn=978-0-8283-1932-4|page=258}}