tippihedrens:Marni Nixon - The secret voice of HollywoodNicknamed “The Ghostess with the Moste
tippihedrens:Marni Nixon - The secret voice of HollywoodNicknamed “The Ghostess with the Mostess”, and also “The Voice of Hollywood”, she dubbed the singing voices of some of the most popular musicals of the The Golden Age and became the most sought after ghost singer with the voice “everybody wanted to hear”. It was her voice you hear in “My Fair Lady” (Julie Andrews losing the role to Audrey Hepburn, whose singing voice was then ironically dubbed), “The King and I”, “An Affair To Remember” and “West Side Story”. Contrary to Natalie Wood who recorded all of her songs for “West Side Story” beforehand and invested a lot of time and enthusiasm on it, Deborah Kerr knew she would be dubbed for “The King and I”. She also refused to take credit for that singing voice as it was usual back in the day, where ghost singers lend their voices for musicals and were forced to keep quiet if they wanted to work for a studio again. Kerr worked hand in hand with Nixon, dovetailing spoken intros with song, and annoyed 20th Century Fox by spilling the beans soon after the film’s release. Wood, however, supposedly went to the premiere thinking that it would be her own voice she´d be hearing in the film and was very disappointed when she heard someone else´s voice.Being paid weakly, Nixon first didn´t earn much. The King and I cost $4.5m to make and took $23m at the box office. Marni Nixon was paid $420. On West Side Story, she struck a deal with composer Leonard Bernstein, who gave her 0.25 per cent of his income from the film, a precedent that changed conditions for the other ghosts forever. Still she wasn´t credited as the singer until the release of CDs. [x]Edit: Marni Nixon dubbed the high-pitches notes in Marilyn Monroe´s song “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” She did not dub the whole thing. -- source link
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