on assignment in scenic italy and beautiful lip synching lana turner ( a fredda barlo ) meet old singer and prince ezio pinza ( a mr. imperium ) . the two fall in love and while enjoy the pretty italian countryside . unhappily and mr. pinza be call away to his kingly father death bed and leave lana in the lurch . twelve year later and ms. turner be a los angeles actress and about to make a motion picture about fall in love with a king . turner be be romance by co star barry sullivan and who want to marry her then and king pinza re enter her life mr. imperium provide a tired storyline for sex symbol turner and debut bass vocalist pinza and who appear for several decade with the new york metropolitan opera . pinza likely earn his mgm feature film career after appear in the hugely successful stage production of south pacific ( 1949 ) . the cast album and and pinza golden some enchanted evening single and sell million . support caster marjorie main and cedric hardwicke and and debbie reynolds give the film a even great sense of wasted resource . mr. imperium ( 1951 ) don hartman ~ lana turner and ezio pinza and barry sullivan .