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Secret Voices of Holywood - BBC4 - 29/09/13 2100
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Secret Voices of Hollywood
Documentary revealing the secret world of the `ghost singers', who provided the vocals that were dubbed for Hollywood screen legends. The programme includes footage of the classic movies in which the songs appeared.
Anyone watching?
This one just started...
Secret Voices of Hollywood
Documentary revealing the secret world of the `ghost singers', who provided the vocals that were dubbed for Hollywood screen legends. The programme includes footage of the classic movies in which the songs appeared.
Anyone watching?
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"bright canary yellow" - so put in a sodding yellow gel..
Marnie Nixon was also the voice of the geese in Mary Poppins which didn't feature in the programme but Julie Andrews got the last laugh for not getting My Fair Lady as she won the best actress Oscar over Audrey Hepburn and it was Mary Poppins that helped secure her the role of Maria in the Sound of Music.
I guess that the films were released months or even years apart so the average moviegoer would only see the movie once and not remember with any clarity what she sounded like from film to film. Nowadays, with TV and DVD showings the difference would be much more obvious.
That's a good point as there was no television showings of films back in the 1940s and 1950s unless you saw a rerelease. It shows how versatile Marnie Nixon was that her performances for King and I differed from My Fair Lady and West Side Story,
Interestingly, in some of the 1990s Disney film, the singing voices for some of the characters like Pocahontas, Jasmine and Esmeralda were done by Broadway singers like Judy Kuhn and Lea Salonga but they were credited unlike in the past.
Having seen Mamma Mia! I think that would have benefited from ghost singing for Pierce Brosnan, :
I didnt know that!
Wasnt her singing voice (ie when Debbie is dubbing her singing) done by Betty Noyes? So you have Betty dubbing Debbie dubbing Jean
I feel sorry for Christopher Plummer being dubbed in the Sound of Music, didnt think his singing voice is bad at all
I think Debbie's high notes were dubbed by Betty Noyes rather than the whole song.
Pity there wasn't more about Camelot, by all accounts, it was a grim experience for all involved.
And, by the way, doesn't Rita Moreno look great (and her segments were very entertaining too). That woman was in Singin' In The Rain!
Apart from presumably putting up the money, what did Americans contribute to it?
British story (Dickens) British score (Lionel Bart) British Director (Carol Reed) Filmed at Shepperton Studios.
And so the girl who really sang Oliver's song "Where is Love?" talked about her Father, the Musical Director, winning the Oscar for Best Score.....huh?
No mention whatsoever of Lionel Bart! Disgraceful! :mad:
She did sing Moon River. She was dubbed for My Fair Lady.
Yes - he didn't sound that different to the guy who dubbed him!
I love Edelweiss in the film. It's sung with such emotion.
Knew about a girl dubbing Mark Lester in Oliver! but great to hear it from the horse's mouth!
You didn't find that out from a lecture by Helen McGregor did you? That's where I first heard it and was so intrigued that I googled it. Either it is an urban myth or Helen McGregor got her facts completely wrong as it was Betty Noyes who dubbed Debbie Reynolds:( so disappointed it's not true.
I never knew that either. Would be interesting to hear what her original top notes were like if a recording of them still exists. My understanding was that she did all her own singing on her films - something she was proud of.
I missed the first showing of this programme so I'll try to catch the repeat.
Ooh unless you are Helen McGregor!
Christopher Plummer had a decent singing voice for The Sound of Music but it did sound a bit quiet and weak in the footage shown, so I can understand why they used a ghost singer.
Good documentary, I really enjoyed it.