ketty lester sang ava gardner's part in showboat.
ketty lester sang ava gardner's part in showboat.
who sang ava gardner's part in showboat?
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in film production, lip synching is often part of the post-production phase. most film today contains scenes where the dialogue has been re-recorded afterwards; lip-synching is the technique used when animated characters speak, and lip synching is essential when films are dubbed into other languages. in many musical films, actors sang their own songs beforehand in a recording session and lip-synched during filming, but many also lip-synched to voices other than their own. marni nixon sang for deborah kerr in "the king and i" and for audrey hepburn in "my fair lady", annette warren for ava gardner in "show boat", robert mcferrin for sidney poitier in "porgy and bess", betty wand for leslie caron in "gigi", lisa kirk for rosalind russell in "gypsy", and bill lee for christopher plummer in "the sound of music". some pre-overdubbed performances have survived, such as hepburn's original "my fair lady" vocals (included in documentaries related to the film), and gardner's original vocals in "show boat" were heard for the first time in the 1994 documentary "that's entertainment! iii". when songs appear in non-musical films, however, the actors sing live on set, but later dub their voices in adr using a "better" performance of the song.
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bullet::::- wayne, jane ellen. "ava's men: the private life of ava gardner". robson books, 2004;









































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bullet::::- ava gardner biography, britannica.com; accessed august 31, 2014.









































bullet::::- ava gardner – the journey to hollywood at aenigma
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