Amo os filme da atriz Esther Williams maravilhosa nadadora e atriz.

Wonderful to present the lost vocals of all these Hollywood legends. I love it. Thank you a million times !

Thanks for posting this clip to the Tube; the soundtrack recording features only Howard Keel's portion of the song, as I recall. It was wonderful to hear Esther Williams's part of the song. Was also thinking about the episode of The Donna Reed Show in which she is the guest star. She struck me as a star who wasn't "full of herself" one bit; very down to Earth.

wonderful................ thank you

The audio for Sothern's version of "Salome" is one of the only MGM outtakes I am missing in audio form. I'd love to hear it again. :)

She didn’t think she had much of a voice but she had a lovely voice

She had a very pleasant and natural sound. She also sang in Neptune's Daughter (Baby, It's Cold Outside) and she sang in Take Me Out to the Ballgame as well. I always liked her vocals.

@lostvocals8

2 жыл бұрын

I've also posted a clip restoring her voice in Sea of the Moon.

@robertgold3868

2 жыл бұрын

@@lostvocals8 I will check it out, but I have loved your videos for years. I might have seen it already. Thanks!

Bill, watch out for the triffid!

And have I mentioned what an amazing job you did mixing the orchestra in to this track? :)

That's actually what I've been trying to do the past couple of hours lol

@lostvocals8

7 жыл бұрын

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This is simply amazing! Thank you for uploading this "remastered" version. I know the video has never surfaced but do you by any chance have Ann Sothern's version of "Salome" that was deleted from "Panama Hattie"?

Where did you get the 35mm optical film stems for this?

I actually have to say I prefer Esther Williams's vocal on this song to Howard Keel's; something about the extra measure of emotion she puts into her rendition, for lack of any better explanation.

I have the audio - have you heard that?

Yet another MGM dubbing that makes no sense. Sure, she’s not Maria Callas or even Jane Powell, but she has a great way with a pop song like this. Her voice fits her character and has a natural feel to it. She’s not straining or yelling, she’s just singing. Booo to MGM on this.

Serviceable, but somewhat pitchy. It's not surprising that she was dubbed.

@kuklafranandollie

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I disagree. Her voice is not strong, but she’s on pitch.

@dmnemaine

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@@kuklafranandollie Really listen to her at the end of phrases. She very often almost gets the right note, but is slightly flat. It's a subtle flatness, but it's definitely there. MGM very often had their stars dubbed because they wanted a better voice than just serviceable. Esther herself knew that she couldn't really sing, and would have been the first one to tell you.

@kuklafranandollie

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@@dmnemaine Again, not true. She sang for herself in a number of films. It was Arthur Freed who was dub crazy, even when it wasn’t necessary.

@dmnemaine

Жыл бұрын

@@kuklafranandollie Only a handful of films, and it was almost always songs where a better than adequate singing voice didn't matter too much. They rarely let her sing ballad-y/love song type stuff by herself. She only did one film for the Freed unit where she sang herself, and that was "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". It wasn't Arthur Freed. It was MGM as a whole that were quick to dub their stars.

@kuklafranandollie

Жыл бұрын

@@dmnemaine The fact remains that she sang in her films, and sang well.