Kid Dabb
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I had to throw that one out there.. I just had to.
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Fred MacMurray
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Well.. this finally made it to TCM - YAYY!!
I believe part or parts of this are silent - maybe all. It's a collection of Orson Welles' pieces for this work, which was, supposedly, not intended to be a complete film.
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Yes, nobody knew how everything was done, like today, so the movies were magic. Nodbody cared if somebody was dubbing someone else, because they didn't know about it. MY FAIR LADY was really the first time people cared. Even with THE KING AND I, Kerr's dubbing was known and people, mostly, didn't care (there were those that believed Maureen O'Hara should have played and sung the role of Anna, even then), because while it was a hit show, it wasn't iconic, in the way MFL was. The stars, particularly Andrews, appeared on all the popular variety shows of the day, and the record album was the biggest-selling album of all-time, any genre, so the one thing that everybody knew, was Julie Andrews as Eliza, VOCALLY. So to not cast her was one thing, but to cast somebody who couldn't sing the material, was met with tremendous backlash. It was THE topic of the day., for quite a long time, while the film was being made. The film was still successful (mostly due to its name recognition), but it wasn't nearly as successful as Warner had predicted it would be, or it should have been. He predicted the Number 1 show of all-time would become the Number 1 film of all-time. It wasn't even the Number 1 film of 1964. Today, people do care, and I don't believe you can get away with dubbing. Besides, so may mediocre singers today, are declared "AMAZING", that it almost doesn't matter whether you can sing or not. For the record, as bad in the acting, as I think Hepburn is in the role of Eliza (and that's pretty bad), I think she is horribly let down by her director (despite his award, he didn't have a clue), and the dubbing. She would have been better served if they had used her own vocals, inadequate as they are. At least it is her own emotion, her own voice. Not once does Marni Nixon's voice sound like it's coming from Audrey Hepburn. For all the money spent, it's just so stupid and jarring. Completely takes you out of the moment of the song.
And yet, the complete opposite is the case concerning Rex Harrison's singing in My Fair Lady. For reasons you mention, he absolutely refused to lip-sync, stating he never sang a song the same way twice - it wouldn't work.. even if he lip-sync'd his own performance. A mini microphone was created and inserted in his tie(s) which captured his live performances on film.
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Poelzig:
Do you dare play chess with me for her?
Werdegast:
Yes. I will even play you chess for her - provided if I win, they are free to go.
(Boris Karloff (Poelzig) and Bela Lugosi (Werdegast) in The Black Cat (1934)
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Well that clue was a giveaway LOL- HAWAII must be the film, George Roy Hill directed
It's either that, or Shirley Temple vs The Martian..
We'll go with Hawaii (1966)
Your thread
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Gene Tierney
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3 strip Cinerama camera....
Whatever you do, do not cross the beams.
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Thank you
This film was based on the third chapter of a Michener novel.
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We can't overlook this one - The Seventh Seal (1957)
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Jean Arthur
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Martha Stewart Angela Lansbury
Is it warm in here..?
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I agree, Miles - that would've been my first guess too. Not Kate, though. Here's a bit more..
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Courtesy of.. lavenderblue
The Killing (1956)
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THE KILLING - scene with Sterling Hayden, he opens the door to The Chess and Checkers Club, men are playing Chess- such a good noir - btw KID- written on the outside window is CHESS and CHECKERS CLUB- 15cents
Thanks for the tip!
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That's some great history in that article.
R.I.P. Jack
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..Richard Dix in anything.
I think he's stiff as a board; expresses little or no emotion; and is generally unappealing.
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Clark Gable
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Who's this?
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