[78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!

[Randy Watts]

In the "making of" documentary on the recent "Some Like It Hot" DVD, Tony Curtis says that "a very fine voice actor" was brought in because he couldn't keep his voice 'up' consistently for the Josephine voice, and that the final result was a combination of the two. Other sources claim that the Josephine voice was entirely Paul Frees.

Randy


--- On Thu, 1/1/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: [78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!
> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
> Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 10:37 AM
> Curious item in the IMDB credits for "Some Like it
> Hot". I know Paul Frees was 
> the funeral director Mozzarella (can't mistake that
> voice since it's Boris 
> Badenov) but he's also listed as dubbing the voice of
> "Josephine". Anyone know 
> if he just filled in certain parts or if he actually dubbed
> the entire feminine 
> voice for Tony Curtis?
> 
> dl