[78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!

Michael Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
Thu Jan 1 12:10:56 PST 2009


David Lennick wrote:
> And that was the source of my original question. I found it by accident while 
> looking to see who played one of the Society Syncopators (turned out it was 
> Joan Davis's daughter).
>
> dl
>   

Did that daughter survive the fire that killed Joan Davis:?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

> soundthink at aol.com wrote:
>   
>> IMDB shows Paul Frees to be the uncredited voice of Josephine.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy Watts <rew1014 at yahoo.com>
>> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:57 am
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Paul Frees was Josephine?!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>       
>>     
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