# Help me identify this Cinema Paradiso film clip song, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-cinema-paradiso-film-clip-song-please/330007>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-cinema-paradiso-film-clip-song-please/330007 "2005-11-08T03:38:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![max\_yasgur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@max\_yasgur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/max_yasgur)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-cinema-paradiso-film-clip-song-please/330007/1 "2005-11-08T03:38:31Z")

</div>

**Help me identify this Cinema Paradiso film clip song, please**

I recently saw Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. I still love the first and shorter version though. Question is, they featured this one film clip with a Carmen Miranda-type performer dancing/singing to this tune. I remember my mom used to play this tune in our old Gerard stereo but she doesn’t know what the title is either. I remember Connie Francis covered this song, too so I tracked it down on the net but I still don’t have a clue. I can’t check for lyrics because it’s in a foreign language. I checked the end credits of the film but it doesn’t have a footage list. Please, please, I need all the help I can get. Thanks!  
🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tripfours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@tripfours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripfours)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-cinema-paradiso-film-clip-song-please/330007/2 "2016-11-04T18:15:45Z")

</div>

yes i think you are talking about the italian actress Silvana Mangano, she sings  
El negro zumbon

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-cinema-paradiso-film-clip-song-please/330007/3 "2016-11-04T19:29:04Z")

</div>

Nice that someone came along to answer the question, even if it’s eleven years, almost to the day, since it was asked.