When music was ELEGANT, and lyrics went straight to the heart. "April" was actually the name of the composer's girl.. not just referring to a month of the year..
Ann definitely was not dubbed, bc this short, cheap feature was an experiment. Harry Cohn borrowed the story of 'It Happened One Night', the hit that had sent Columbia into the major league. He wanted to see if Ann could cut it as an actress/singer. She plays a radio chantoosie and does not dance a step. For once she is above the title as the title character.
@@IA-yi3zy No, but she never tried hard. Unlike Caron and Charisse, to whom studios gave dramatic opportunities, Ann became preoccupied with her love life, dating rich men whom she hoped would spare her from working. By c. 1955 she was tired and anxious to get off MGM's treadmill of 'always the bridesmaid' specialty spots in musicals. When Metro did offer her a straight role, as a mother, Ann was too vain to take it and left movies altogether. But she never found a nice rich businessman, and went on toiling on stage to support herself and her mom. Then years later she did a cameo in David Lynch's 'Mulholland Dr.', so she had one serious film credit.
I think it's likely that the orchestra and background vocals had been recorded in a larger studio beforehand, and that she was singing live here over that backing track. She is standing in front of a microphone after all, and her lips are just too perfectly synchronized with the voice. If she were tapping away feverishly as she is usually seen doing, it would be likely she was lip synching. But she isn't, she is staying poised in front of the microphone, and merely swaying gently. Getting the orchestra and backing vocals recorded first would allow her to do as many takes as she might have needed to get her vocals just right, without wearing out the orchestra or having to pay all those musicians for the time it might take to keep going over the same music more than once, and risking that their performance when she did her best might not have been the orchestra's best performance.
Yes.. I bet you are right..In an audio studio they can do several takes, and get the 'mix' just right, and then, use that for the filming.. saves $ and the product is even better
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I was youngster when I saw that movie. Oh, memories.
People it's Ann Miller singing and taping she was a talented and a beautiful gal.
Just wonderful...
I love this movie
Fabulous!
When music was ELEGANT, and lyrics went straight to the heart. "April" was actually the name of the composer's girl.. not just referring to a month of the year..
Dubbed or not this is a really beautiful rendition. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Ann definitely was not dubbed, bc this short, cheap feature was an experiment.
Harry Cohn borrowed the story of 'It Happened One Night', the hit that had sent Columbia into the major league. He wanted to see if Ann could cut it as an actress/singer. She plays a radio chantoosie and does not dance a step. For once she is above the title as the title character.
@@esmeephillips5888 so did she make the cut
@@IA-yi3zy No, but she never tried hard. Unlike Caron and Charisse, to whom studios gave dramatic opportunities, Ann became preoccupied with her love life, dating rich men whom she hoped would spare her from working.
By c. 1955 she was tired and anxious to get off MGM's treadmill of 'always the bridesmaid' specialty spots in musicals. When Metro did offer her a straight role, as a mother, Ann was too vain to take it and left movies altogether. But she never found a nice rich businessman, and went on toiling on stage to support herself and her mom. Then years later she did a cameo in David Lynch's 'Mulholland Dr.', so she had one serious film credit.
I would be surprised if this was dubbed. It sounds exactly like Ann Miller's speaking voice.
She sang it for sure, but it might have been recorded elsewhere
I think it's likely that the orchestra and background vocals had been recorded in a larger studio beforehand, and that she was singing live here over that backing track. She is standing in front of a microphone after all, and her lips are just too perfectly synchronized with the voice.
If she were tapping away feverishly as she is usually seen doing, it would be likely she was lip synching. But she isn't, she is staying poised in front of the microphone, and merely swaying gently.
Getting the orchestra and backing vocals recorded first would allow her to do as many takes as she might have needed to get her vocals just right, without wearing out the orchestra or having to pay all those musicians for the time it might take to keep going over the same music more than once, and risking that their performance when she did her best might not have been the orchestra's best performance.
Yes.. I bet you are right..In an audio studio they can do several takes, and get the 'mix' just right, and then, use that for the filming.. saves $ and the product is even better
Is this really her singing or is it dubbed?
it's really good for someone who wasn't trained in voice,
musicloveBH at first I thought it was dubbed but now that I listen to it more it begins to sound like Annie’s voice.
It's her own voice Ann Miller was so talented and beautiful.
Was the vocal group The Town Criers?
I guess she wears here her infamous rubber nose.
Nope. Still under contract to Columbia here. That was her mgm years
@@jordandors But her nose looks normal here :/
It was normal until 1947 when Reese Milner pushed her down stairs while pregnant
@@jordandors Oh wow... new information!