[78-L] Movie dubbing

[Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.]

On 10/23/2010 1:44, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> Some of the best music in any Shirley Temple musical is in Rebecca of
> Sunnybrook Farm;  it's also a very entertaining movie with a great cast.
>
> Actress Phyllis Brooks plays second female lead to Gloria Stuart,  and
> Phyllis and Jack Haley sing a great tune called "Alone With You."
>
> Her "singing " is so good in this number I'd long ago figured that it was
> dubbed by someone else,  and the voice did sound familiar.
>
> Turns out that the singing voice is that of Loretta Lee,  who made so many
> fine records with the George Hall Orch on Bluebird earlier in the 30s.  I
> thought she'd quit show biz after that,  so it's nice to have some of her
> singing on a film sound track.
>
> Anyone know if she did any other "ghost" singing for the movies?

You might find this interesting
http://www.barbaralea.com/Dubbers/dubberslist.html
I would give Marni Nixon the dubber award, though you can see there were 
others, male and female, who did a lot of them.
Marni had a way of changing her voice to suit the actor like no one else.
I ran across a Loretta Lee guesting in Edgar Bergen show.

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