Editing Lauritz Melchior (section)

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Between 1944 and 1952, Melchior performed in five [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] musical films for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] and made numerous US radio and television appearances. In 1947, he put his hand and footprints in cement in the forecourt of [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].

From 1946 to 1949, Melchior went on a world tour with his personal conductor [[Ezra Rachlin]]. Their visit to Denmark was particularly meaningful as they were the guests of [[Frederik IX of Denmark|King Frederik IX]], who was an amateur conductor with his own personal concert hall in his palace.

In 1952, Melchior performed at New York's [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]], following the popular singer-actress [[Judy Garland]], after she set a record-breaking vaudeville engagement there which lasted nineteen weeks.

Following unofficial retirement circa 1955, Melchior made sporadic singing appearances. On occasion, he sang the national anthem at Dodgers baseball games in Los Angeles, such as Game 3 of the [[1963 World Series]]. In the late 1960s, he established a fund through the [[Juilliard School]] for the training of potential heldentenors called "The Lauritz Melchior Heldentenor Foundation."

In the 1960s, he made at least one television appearance on ''The Danny Thomas Show'', where he sang with Shirley Jones in the role of her father, to assist her entry into show business.

In the summer of 1972, Melchior conducted the [[San Francisco Opera]] Orchestra at Sigmund Stern Grove in the ''Radetzky March'' by [[Johann Strauss I]] as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the company. This was one of his last public appearances.