All the Things You Are

Tony Bennett is the last of the great entertainers and still stands at the peak of show business. He was raised in Astoria, Queens in poverty and love, the son of Italian immigrants. He grew up listening to his father sing and to Caruso records. He was discovered and helped by Pearl Bailey and Bob Hope, and hailed early on by Sinatra as the best singer in the business. He served in WWII, liberating two concentration camps. After the war he hung out on 52nd Street, the jazz mecca at its zenith, watching and learning as the great musicians and singers performed. His story is a love story: love of singing and jazz and musicians, love of his family, love of the Italian-American tradition, love of women. In this version of the human struggle, the good guy wins -- he wins overwhelmingly and becomes one of the incredible success stories in show business history.