With Ava's voice, the character of Julie is complete and adds credibility to Magnolia's infatuation with her. It was insane not to use this original track. She looked and sounded perfect.
Ava was just an absolutely gorgeous woman! She said in an interview many years after her career ended, that she was brought up in a poor family, money wise, but rich in love. She was devoted to her parents, siblings, nephews and nieces.
@@TabithaReminiec3399 This actually came from Ava’s own mouth on a interview she did while living in London. Her father was a sharecropper, lost his farm and then Molly her mother began taking in boarders to help.
Looking at her older appearance here, by today's standards, she would have been in serious trouble like Mary Kay Letourneau being with a little boy like Mickey...even though he was of age. He looked 12-16 years of age when they were together.
TheRetroWoman80 ...... You're very observant.... Mickey Rooney played part's with MGM just like Michael J Fox who also looked very young for his age...
You mean beyond your ears. She would be totally ok today, but in 1950 ears were more demanding for every sort of singing. She may be good for entertaining and casual listening, but not good enough if you want to go "beyond". Just compare her singing, and I'm not even talking about the lousy tempo they used for that film, to Helen Morgan's or that of Lena Horne: she just did not have a developed voice, and a plain voice is good enough for plain ears. Today people are more appreciative of "feeling" than vocal and musical quality, in opera like in country.
@@dmnemaine I did not say wrong, I said not good enough. I was likewise not talking about sensibilities, I was talking prejudices of the decision makers, prejudices based on a real difference: you say that difference does not matter, but back then it was decided it did matter.
+KaydeyRai the only thing I can think of is that they wanted a more powerful 'classic' soprano--but the trade off of lost intimacy with the lyrics wasn't worth it.
MGM in those days strived for perfection. They would dub great singers if they felt their vocals weren’t what they wanted. One example would be Angela Lansbury in The Harvey Girls. She was dubbed in that, but we all know Lansbury was an accomplished singer actress who won multiple Tonys on the Broadway stage for her work in musicals. This is another example. It’s hard for us to wrap our heads around the fact that people at MGM didn’t think Ava’s vocals were good enough. In today’s world, her vocals and emotional delivery are outstanding! I’d love to see them edit her vocals back into the film.
She's good, but Frederica von Stade is simply awesome! She belts this song out in a brisk, up tempo version with a snappy orchestra, here in TH-cam. It gets your blood surging and makes you want to get out of your chair and dance to it! :)
Definitely, but that is very different when talking about singers back then, and no changes are made all of a sudden: the prevalence we suffer today had a small beginning in the past, and it had many different phases.
True, considering I have Julie London's intimate version of this standard. But have you heard Ella Fitzgerald's or Barbra Streisand's versions of this standard? They belted during the middle (Barbra's) and at the end of the song (Ella's). Wonder how the composer Jerome Kern would have liked it to be sung?
Louis Phillipe Who knows? It's impossible to say. I bet he would have appreciated the fact that he wrote such a versatile song. Belting is great! But personally I wish more broadway actresses, directors, and composers recognized that it isn't /always/ the most effective way to communicate an emotion.
I have to agree with your last statement there Siri. After all, most of the definitive versions of these standards from Broadway were the versions recorded by jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday or Julie London rather than by the quasi-operatic versions or originals by folks like Judy Garland or Lena Horne
Siri Hammond halleluiah Siri, well said.......I am so tired of singers belting out everything...no nuance... no feeling for the lyrics and sentiment of the song....Ava sings this with feeling and in character and it works...it is a thoughtful introspective song, Its as though she is thinking and talking to herself .She doesn't need to "shout it from the highest hills "
So this woman literally put me in a trance watching this performance. What did they think was so bad about her voice that they thought to dub her singing? I found her mesmerizing singing this!♥️
Wow! I didn’t know Ava Gardner could sing so well! And this is coming from someone with a trained ear. Her intonation is dead center and her phrasing is smooth and musical and I love the gentle yet smoky and sultry quality of her timbre. Bravo!
Frank Sinatra, her partner at that time, instructed her for this song. She is said to have been quite devastated when MGM did n´t. accept her version. No wonder. She´s perfect.
Absolutely beautiful voice with all of the depth that this song deserves, the studio heads were ignorant. How wonderful that this is here for us to enjoy, wow
@@sylviacarlson3561 That she does not represent standards of a bygone era that people would laugh at today, you know, like fat Venuses and all that, but that her features are closer to today's standards, and Ava Gardner's looks could be more marketable today than, say, those of her contemporary Virginia Mayo.
YIKES !! She is a true beauty- after so many years of being gone one does forget just what the fuss was about, now looking at the clip, I understand why she caused men's hearts to swoon, WOW beautiful and she can sing with such feeling -
Ava Gardner should have never been dubbed! She was beautiful & her voice is timeless- they really did a disservice to the audience & fans. She was absolutely the whole package.
The strange thing is, from what I've read, is that this song with her voice is on the MGM soundtrack album, and not restored, but the one from the '50s!
She was one of the most beautiful actresses. Her voice matched her beauty. Hollywood was crazy not to use her voice. She was also a wonderful actress. A complete package in my estimation.
Lovely. Thanks for posting. For me she was never more desirable than playing the slightly over ripe widow in Night of the Iguana … luscious and available and real.
One of my favorite musical movies! Ava Gardner, what a beautiful woman! She certainly sang the song well enough for me that her version could have stayed in the movie!
I own a copy of this film where it’s Ava singing her songs and I absolutely love it. I could listen to her sing all day, everyday... God I wish Hollywood would have been more supportive of her singing voice so I had more songs to listen to. The craze of those days was “song birds” and Ava was definitely not one of those, she was unique and beautiful and soulful and I absolutely adore it.
People saying Ava's version is beautiful and evocative should remember that she listened to her good friend Lena Horne's (who was robbed of the part because of her race) version over and over to prepare, picking up some of her phrasing and tone. Partial credit should go to Lena for training Ava to sing this song in a part she herself had desperately wanted. Their friendship was truly unbreakable!
+3goodtimes Lena was very bitter over losing this part--I don't think she ever got over it--she learned to accept and move on. Its nice that she rose above the situation and coached Ava (thank you for sharing). Nice that they were friends. All the makeup developed by Max FActor for Lena's skin tone was, I think, still in use by black americans.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know Lena. Just checked her videos and she was awesome. No matter how beautiful Ava is, Lena seemed perfect for the role. Ava's character had black blood. I remember watching that and thinking how ridiculous was to cast a so white actress to role-play someone with black blood.
Lena Horne's voice was nothing like Ava's, but Ava admired Lena (as I did on many songs but not all). Ava sang a very nice rendition of the song here, her own feelings in it, very nice. It never pays to try to be like someone else in public, the public usually knows and isn't fooled!
I had the very great pleasure of meeting Ava Gardner when she moved to London, on two occasions. Just a wonderful lady. Natural and easy to meet. Two days that I will never forget. Sad to say she passed away not long after that. God bless Ava. R I P
Ava Gardner's voice was perfectly suited for this song and her sensual and heart felt emotions while singing this tells the story perfectly. Bravo to Ava for taking us on this beautiful musical journey.
She really had a lovely soft voice, -- on tune too! Even if it was dubbed for this show. She certainly wasn't known for her singing but I didn't realize she was that good although she is lip syncing above, but that's how they did it for film! Beautiful woman, gorgeous figure, no wonder Frank Sinatra was smitten with her! She could certainly sing a LOT better than some of those female singers today! I sang that song years ago, I think her rendition was better than mine! I didn't sing it quite that slowly, 1951 was Ava's first year married to Frank. He liked her voice (of course) and wanted her to take singing lessons, but she wouldn't, according to a bio I read!
So beautiful! So much feeling, and so sultry. It's a shame that they didn't use Ava's voice in the movie. I read that she worked really hard on this, and was heartbroken when they went with a more professional singer. Her vocals show so much more vulnerability in my opinion.
There is something about someone's own voice that you just cannot get by dubbing. It's so natural, because every voice is different and fits it's owner just so. Whenever someone is dubbed it's so obvious that the voice does not belong to that person. If the actor can sing, let them keep their voice! Again, it's so much more natural looking as well as sounding. They dubbed so much in these old movie musicals and it makes me so mad. I can understand if for a Hollywood movie they want Hollywood actors but the actors are not strong singers and must be dubbed, but they've dubbed people who played the same roles on Broadway! Juanita Hall in South Pacific, for example. And in this case Ava Gardner's voice is truly gorgeous, so why dub her? It makes me so mad, and I can't even imagine how the actors must feel. Being cast in a singing role, singing your heart out, and then basically being told that you're not good enough. If they weren't good enough why cast them? They never even told Audrey Hepburn that she was going to be dubbed in My Fair Lady. She didn't find out until she went to see it! Rant over.
I just got on this blog because I was watching Show boat and did not connect the voice with Ava... I came on to see if it was dubbed...and behold! I was right. I was pleasantly surprised at her rendition.
I agree, they should of let the actors sing their own songs instead of dubbing them, it feels more real when you hear the actual actor's voices, and if they couldn't accept that, why couldn't they get say Marni Nixon or the other "Ghost singers" in the roles instead if they did all the singing instead of the actual actors playing the characters who lip-synced to only sing? I never understood that. (It must of been really awkward for the actors to lip-sync to someone else dubbing them for songs, and upsetting too, which I don't blame them, and isn't fair honestly.
I just heard a 1952 Lux Radio Theatre version of Show Boat w/ most of the cast (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, William Warfield, Marge And Gower Champion). Lux Radio Theatre was broadcast live, Monday nights on CBS. Ava did her own singing on that broadcast, and did a great job. Her being dubbed in the film is one of life's mysteries. The Lux show was performed in front of an audience at what is now the Ricardo Montalban Theatre on Vine Street in Hollywood. MGM must have felt confident enough of Ava's abilities if they allowed her to sing live on one of the nation's top radio programs.
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The funny thing is: Annette Warren's dubbed singing seems a bit outdated nowadays while Ava's original singing is quite timeless.
She wasn't the orginal...check it out.
Definitely agree, RoLorenz.
Agreed :)
@@roseharris6941 The original is Helen Morgan over 20 years earlier. Reference is to Ava's original track, before dubbing.
Check out Annette's on TH-cam - you can scarcely tell the difference in their voices.
Ava's low notes are so much sexier and full of warmth and femininity! I love her! She is so real....
With Ava's voice, the character of Julie is complete and adds credibility to Magnolia's infatuation with her. It was insane not to use this original track. She looked and sounded perfect.
Ava was just an absolutely gorgeous woman! She said in an interview many years after her career ended, that she was brought up in a poor family, money wise, but rich in love. She was devoted to her parents, siblings, nephews and nieces.
Ava wasn't raised in a poor family..that was movie studio publicity..the same thing with their saying that Ava's real name was Lucy Johnson
It’s shame she wasted her love on Sinatra! Big cheat!
@@TabithaReminiec3399 This actually came from Ava’s own mouth on a interview she did while living in London.
Her father was a sharecropper, lost his farm and then Molly her mother began taking in boarders to help.
Her older sister Beatrice "Bappie" was her protector, and accompanied her when she first went to Hollywood, and outlived her by many years.
I'm her cousin.
What a beautiful woman Ava was. Nothing wrong with her voice.
She is stunning in that green. This is just mesmerizingly slow. Serious vocals here.
just imagine she was lucky Mickey Rooney's first wife at the age of 20.
Looking at her older appearance here, by today's standards, she would have been in serious trouble like Mary Kay Letourneau being with a little boy like Mickey...even though he was of age. He looked 12-16 years of age when they were together.
TheRetroWoman80 ......
You're very observant.... Mickey Rooney played part's with MGM just like Michael J Fox who also looked very young for his age...
Thanks, Jason. Yes, Michael J. was hot and still is:-) Family Ties was one of my favorite shows as a kid.
Mickey was over 2 years older.
She sang this so well, and with so much feeling, it brings tears to your eyes. Why they didn't use this version is beyond me.
Ask Louie B Mayer about it
she actually did sing " Bill" though
You mean beyond your ears. She would be totally ok today, but in 1950 ears were more demanding for every sort of singing. She may be good for entertaining and casual listening, but not good enough if you want to go "beyond". Just compare her singing, and I'm not even talking about the lousy tempo they used for that film, to Helen Morgan's or that of Lena Horne: she just did not have a developed voice, and a plain voice is good enough for plain ears. Today people are more appreciative of "feeling" than vocal and musical quality, in opera like in country.
@@haranoe Nonsense. Gardner sang this song exquisitely, even for 1950s sensibilities. Absolutely nothing wrong with her vocals.
@@dmnemaine I did not say wrong, I said not good enough. I was likewise not talking about sensibilities, I was talking prejudices of the decision makers, prejudices based on a real difference: you say that difference does not matter, but back then it was decided it did matter.
@@haranoe They were prejudiced against Ava Gardner herself, not her singing style. They simply assumed "She's not a singer", so they dubbed her.
Ava's beauty is truly mesmerizing, and to think, those who saw her in the flesh say film and photos did not fully capture the extent of her beauty.
I don’t see it, now Josephine Jobert, she gorgeous
@@Ciscodaysне бабы, а женщины, недоумок!🙄
@@SuperBeachbum74 Then you're blind
MGM should have let Ava sing in her own voice. She sings with her soul.
Ava was so beautiful in Showboat, no idea why MGM dubbed her, I loved the way she sang here
+KaydeyRai the only thing I can think of is that they wanted a more powerful 'classic' soprano--but the trade off of lost intimacy with the lyrics wasn't worth it.
MGM in those days strived for perfection. They would dub great singers if they felt their vocals weren’t what they wanted. One example would be Angela Lansbury in The Harvey Girls. She was dubbed in that, but we all know Lansbury was an accomplished singer actress who won multiple Tonys on the Broadway stage for her work in musicals. This is another example. It’s hard for us to wrap our heads around the fact that people at MGM didn’t think Ava’s vocals were good enough. In today’s world, her vocals and emotional delivery are outstanding! I’d love to see them edit her vocals back into the film.
In my opinion, I think Ava's voice is better than probably 90% of today's singers.
She's good, but Frederica von Stade is simply awesome! She belts this song out in a brisk, up tempo version with a snappy orchestra, here in TH-cam. It gets your blood surging and makes you want to get out of your chair and dance to it! :)
Alan Weaver Yes, & not an auto-tune in sight either.
I agree
You just like the genre of music.
Definitely, but that is very different when talking about singers back then, and no changes are made all of a sudden: the prevalence we suffer today had a small beginning in the past, and it had many different phases.
God, why they dubbed her??? What an angel voice, so right, in tune ...perfect. I didn't know she could sing like this!
They dubbed Harry Belafonte too at some point! 🙄
Never was she more beautifully photographed than she was here. Look at those close ups! Her skin and make up are flawless.
riversidefan2 and that waistline!! So small, my how things changed -
She grew up in a local city. Rumor has it she was African-American,
@@tbastrikes7847 you mean mixed? because she's clearly not black.
Elise Jackson “biracial” or “multiracial” is another way to say it because “mixed”should only be used when describing dog breeds
@@tbastrikes7847не пишите чушь🙄
She's timeless, My dad named me after her, his favorite actress!
Wow- what an honor!
Ava didn't have a range but she surely sang with the right emotions of the song. A truely geniuine performance
You don't need a huge range for this song. And that's okay!
True, considering I have Julie London's intimate version of this standard. But have you heard Ella Fitzgerald's or Barbra Streisand's versions of this standard? They belted during the middle (Barbra's) and at the end of the song (Ella's). Wonder how the composer Jerome Kern would have liked it to be sung?
Louis Phillipe Who knows? It's impossible to say. I bet he would have appreciated the fact that he wrote such a versatile song. Belting is great! But personally I wish more broadway actresses, directors, and composers recognized that it isn't /always/ the most effective way to communicate an emotion.
I have to agree with your last statement there Siri. After all, most of the definitive versions of these standards from Broadway were the versions recorded by jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday or Julie London rather than by the quasi-operatic versions or originals by folks like Judy Garland or Lena Horne
Siri Hammond halleluiah Siri, well said.......I am so tired of singers belting out everything...no nuance... no feeling for the lyrics and sentiment of the song....Ava sings this with feeling and in character and it works...it is a thoughtful introspective song, Its as though she is thinking and talking to herself .She doesn't need to "shout it from the highest hills "
So this woman literally put me in a trance watching this performance. What did they think was so bad about her voice that they thought to dub her singing? I found her mesmerizing singing this!♥️
"literally"
@@jamesmcinnis208 My Mexican dinner literally made my mouth explode. Luckily, after multiple bone and skin grafts, and dental surgery, I recovered.
@@akrenwinkle Glad to hear you're OK. Stay away from those nitroglycerin tacos!
@@jamesmcinnis208 Oh, I'm dead! Literally dead! 🤣🤣🤣
It makes no whatsoever they didn't use Ava's voice. She sang the song beautifully! Moviemakers are their own worst enemies 😅
Wow! I didn’t know Ava Gardner could sing so well! And this is coming from someone with a trained ear. Her intonation is dead center and her phrasing is smooth and musical and I love the gentle yet smoky and sultry quality of her timbre. Bravo!
Frank Sinatra, her partner at that time, instructed her for this song. She is said to have been quite devastated when MGM did n´t. accept her version. No wonder. She´s perfect.
A bad girl with class! What a goddess! My heroine...
Best looking actress ever!!!!!!
Yes she was. Jxxx
Perfection
Absolutely beautiful voice with all of the depth that this song deserves, the studio heads were ignorant. How wonderful that this is here for us to enjoy, wow
Wow. She's gorgeous even by today's standards.
She's gorgeous period.Todays standards are far below Ava's (and Lena's) era.
what do you mean by that?
That was her curse.
@@sylviacarlson3561 That she does not represent standards of a bygone era that people would laugh at today, you know, like fat Venuses and all that, but that her features are closer to today's standards, and Ava Gardner's looks could be more marketable today than, say, those of her contemporary Virginia Mayo.
She is natural. The women these day don't count. They are mainly plastic
Beautiful voice Beautiful woman. Thank you for all your talent. RIP
Absolutely mesmerizing. No wonder it's called the Golden Age of Hollywood.
What a beautiful voice!! Omg, she's lovely in a timeless way.
SOooo Beautiful. I loved her!!! She really tears your heart out at the movies' finale.....
Certainement la plus belle actrice de toute l'histoire du cinéma!
YIKES !! She is a true beauty- after so many years of being gone one does forget just what the fuss was about, now looking at the clip, I understand why she caused men's hearts to swoon, WOW beautiful and she can sing with such feeling -
Ava Gardner should have never been dubbed! She was beautiful & her voice is timeless- they really did a disservice to the audience & fans. She was absolutely the whole package.
The strange thing is, from what I've read, is that this song with her voice is on the MGM soundtrack album, and not restored, but the one from the '50s!
A dream…
Beauty like her don’t exist anymore!❤🌹
She was stunning. Love this.
she is a lovely girl and a great singer
She was one of the most beautiful actresses. Her voice matched her beauty. Hollywood was crazy not to use her voice. She was also a wonderful actress. A complete package in my estimation.
My favorite actress. She had it all.
What a beauty
The most beautiful . She and Monroe. Remarcable. Love Ava. So independent.
Ava is not with us anymore ,it's been 26 years I enjoy hearing her singing . R..I.P hope to see u someday
Her voice was fantastic! Whoever made the decision not to use her voice, made a big mistake. Her is very authentic.
What a beautiful lady!!!!!
So much more expressive than the voice used in the movie... and her pronunciation of "shine" is just delicious.
Shane de Leon Esse filme é lindo! Abraços para você, amigo!
Ava's voice is fantastic! She was talented and beautiful. Loved her and wouldn't miss watching any movie or series featuring Ava in any role.
oh wow ... stunning beauty she was
Lovely. Thanks for posting. For me she was never more desirable than playing the slightly over ripe widow in Night of the Iguana … luscious and available and real.
One of my favorite musical movies! Ava Gardner, what a beautiful woman! She certainly sang the song well enough for me that her version could have stayed in the movie!
An extra ordinary beauty and on top of that a beautiful voice. It cant get better than that. Gold bless her soul.
Love her voice (and everything else about her).
I own a copy of this film where it’s Ava singing her songs and I absolutely love it. I could listen to her sing all day, everyday... God I wish Hollywood would have been more supportive of her singing voice so I had more songs to listen to. The craze of those days was “song birds” and Ava was definitely not one of those, she was unique and beautiful and soulful and I absolutely adore it.
You have the Laser disc? That's the only released version with her voice.
Wow just Breath taking
Beautiful voice and Ava at her most stunning!
She was a wild one. Loved her drink and her bull-fighter lovers.
I have loved Ava since I first saw her, I am now aged 77, if that ain't love, what is?
she so beautiful and singing well
She has a lovely singing voice!
People saying Ava's version is beautiful and evocative should remember that she listened to her good friend Lena Horne's (who was robbed of the part because of her race) version over and over to prepare, picking up some of her phrasing and tone. Partial credit should go to Lena for training Ava to sing this song in a part she herself had desperately wanted. Their friendship was truly unbreakable!
+3goodtimes
Love both those gals. True hearts. And yup, Ava could sing. Both heart felt good people who were used and tossed.
namaste and care,
mhikl
+3goodtimes Lena was very bitter over losing this part--I don't think she ever got over it--she learned to accept and move on. Its nice that she rose above the situation and coached Ava (thank you for sharing). Nice that they were friends. All the makeup developed by Max FActor for Lena's skin tone was, I think, still in use by black americans.
Thanks for the information. I didn't know Lena. Just checked her videos and she was awesome. No matter how beautiful Ava is, Lena seemed perfect for the role. Ava's character had black blood. I remember watching that and thinking how ridiculous was to cast a so white actress to role-play someone with black blood.
Ava was mixed race too.
Lena Horne's voice was nothing like Ava's, but Ava admired Lena (as I did on many songs but not all). Ava sang a very nice rendition of the song here, her own feelings in it, very nice. It never pays to try to be like someone else in public, the public usually knows and isn't fooled!
wow......what a great voice from this beautiful lady!!!
I have absolutely no clue...this was gorgeous!
Stunning-absolutely stunning! Ava’s presence is luminous and her rendition of the song is mag- netic! Bravo!
Beautiful voice!
What a beautiful voice and a beautiful lady
Isn't this just wonderful. I watched the movie and thought her voice was dubbed. Shows what I know. This is delightful. Thank goodness we have TH-cam.
+Anthea Close Her voice was dubbed in the movie.
Unfortunately!
such brilliant music and lyrics
Most beautiful woman Ever!!!!
I had the very great pleasure of meeting Ava Gardner when she moved to London, on two occasions. Just a wonderful lady. Natural and easy to meet. Two days that I will never forget. Sad to say she passed away not long after that.
God bless Ava.
R I P
Can u tell us more about it?
Setting and beautiful Ava’s voice just Great.
She was the best. So Beautiful and talented. They should have used her voice ! What a shame !!
This is the most gorgeous woman that ever walked on earth! I´d marry her! Oh those lips...
Tiago Mourão
Lol
WOW,now that is one beautiful woman!!!! No wonder she was my dad's favorite!!!!
So beautiful.
such a wonderful song
Breathtakingly beautiful and sang better than most of the women of her era or today. She was stunning!
meravigliosa
wow she is just breathtaking and what a sweet voice!
these kind of movies are never to be done again. classic. wonderful. I love the old musicals.
The definitive performance !
What a lovely voice!
Ava Gardner's voice was perfectly suited for this song and her sensual and heart felt emotions while singing this tells the story perfectly. Bravo to Ava for taking us on this beautiful musical journey.
No lie her face was magnificient nowadays plenty of women would do anything to have such lips and her eyes ...
And cheekbones
NC’s finest!!! Sing it lava!!!! ♥️🎁
She really had a lovely soft voice, -- on tune too! Even if it was dubbed for this show. She certainly wasn't known for her singing but I didn't realize she was that good although she is lip syncing above, but that's how they did it for film! Beautiful woman, gorgeous figure, no wonder Frank Sinatra was smitten with her! She could certainly sing a LOT better than some of those female singers today! I sang that song years ago, I think her rendition was better than mine! I didn't sing it quite that slowly, 1951 was Ava's first year married to Frank. He liked her voice (of course) and wanted her to take singing lessons, but she wouldn't, according to a bio I read!
One of the most beautiful songs ever.
A really great interpretation.
So beautiful! So much feeling, and so sultry. It's a shame that they didn't use Ava's voice in the movie. I read that she worked really hard on this, and was heartbroken when they went with a more professional singer. Her vocals show so much more vulnerability in my opinion.
Beautiful 💫
Beautiful…
Amazing beauty.
Oh!, to be the man, that she can't help lovin. they just don't make films like this anymore. truly sublime, and so emotional and moving.
Lovely. Thank you got posting this. Her voice should never have been dubbed.
Wow superb
Beautiful voice, beautiful woman.
Bravo! Beautiful.... so beautiful.
There is something about someone's own voice that you just cannot get by dubbing. It's so natural, because every voice is different and fits it's owner just so. Whenever someone is dubbed it's so obvious that the voice does not belong to that person. If the actor can sing, let them keep their voice! Again, it's so much more natural looking as well as sounding. They dubbed so much in these old movie musicals and it makes me so mad. I can understand if for a Hollywood movie they want Hollywood actors but the actors are not strong singers and must be dubbed, but they've dubbed people who played the same roles on Broadway! Juanita Hall in South Pacific, for example. And in this case Ava Gardner's voice is truly gorgeous, so why dub her? It makes me so mad, and I can't even imagine how the actors must feel. Being cast in a singing role, singing your heart out, and then basically being told that you're not good enough. If they weren't good enough why cast them? They never even told Audrey Hepburn that she was going to be dubbed in My Fair Lady. She didn't find out until she went to see it!
Rant over.
I just got on this blog because I was watching Show boat and did not connect the voice with Ava... I came on to see if it was dubbed...and behold! I was right. I was pleasantly surprised at her rendition.
I agree, they should of let the actors sing their own songs instead of dubbing them, it feels more real when you hear the actual actor's voices, and if they couldn't accept that, why couldn't they get say Marni Nixon or the other "Ghost singers" in the roles instead if they did all the singing instead of the actual actors playing the characters who lip-synced to only sing? I never understood that. (It must of been really awkward for the actors to lip-sync to someone else dubbing them for songs, and upsetting too, which I don't blame them, and isn't fair honestly.
Argh! Why did they dub her? She's great as is!
Oh, what a beautyfull Woman and a good Actress and singing can she also! Ohooh yeah!
Perfection.
This is a fine performance.
Amazing Ava.
This is an amazing composition! Reminds me a little bit to the Chords from Nobody does it better (James Bond)
Yes that makes sense, I can hear it.
gorgeous
Só beautiful!!!!!!!!
I just heard a 1952 Lux Radio Theatre version of Show Boat w/ most of the cast (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, William Warfield, Marge And Gower Champion). Lux Radio Theatre was broadcast live, Monday nights on CBS. Ava did her own singing on that broadcast, and did a great job. Her being dubbed in the film is one of life's mysteries. The Lux show was performed in front of an audience at what is now the Ricardo Montalban Theatre on Vine Street in Hollywood. MGM must have felt confident enough of Ava's abilities if they allowed her to sing live on one of the nation's top radio programs.
So talented and beautiful❤️