First challenge: get that bonus feature off the 2 DVD set of My Fair Lady
where Audrey is singing "Show Me" without the help of Marni Nixon. Raw. I ended up grabbing the audio of it off a YouTube post, stereo mix intact. This track is particularly definitive for me since you can hear Audrey bellowing away over Andre Previn's galvanic orchestrations and conducting. Bill Shirley sings as well, as the singing voice of Jeremy Brett's Freddy Eynsford-Hill. If you know the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about.
where Audrey is singing "Show Me" without the help of Marni Nixon. Raw. I ended up grabbing the audio of it off a YouTube post, stereo mix intact. This track is particularly definitive for me since you can hear Audrey bellowing away over Andre Previn's galvanic orchestrations and conducting. Bill Shirley sings as well, as the singing voice of Jeremy Brett's Freddy Eynsford-Hill. If you know the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about.Originally, Jack Warner wanted Cary Grant as Professor Higgins and James Cagney as Doolittle. I think they shoulda done it! They told Audrey that if she refused Eliza, they'd go to Liz Taylor. What's a poor girl to do but work her butt off preparing to sing the songs that would be eventually taken away from her and given to a better singer? Same thing happened to Natalie in West Side Story. Sometimes movie magic can be so tragic.
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