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Did Kim really sing in this?


Sounds like it could be her. And she looks gorgeous. But then, this movie has plenty of eye-candy: Kim, Guy Madison, even Brian Keith is looking good. Guy and Kim make a beautiful couple. If not for the stupid, non-funny "humor", this would be a lot better movie.

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There is a website called "MOVIE DUBBERS", which lists all the studio singers who did the singing for stars in movies...according to this site, Jo Ann Greer did the singing for Kim Novak in this movie. It makes sense to me, because any star who is that beautiful, AND could sing as well, would have been in more musicals, don't you agree ?

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Good point. If Kim had been that beautiful, that magnetic, that talented, AND had had the ability to sing, too, it really would've been unfair to the rest of us mere mortals!

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Thanks for telling us about "MOVIE DUBBERS". I went to the site via google and found it very interesting. For years we've debated "was that the real Kim Novak or was it dubbed?" Now I know.

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Kim actually had a great voice and didnt need to be dubbed but perhaps they didnt trust her to sing as she's very inexperienced. there's a youtube video somewhere and she sounds great! I do like the songs in this film very good, and Kim is quite convincing as singing them herself!

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She pulled it off. She could pull off lots of things. Yow.

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I assumed that was her singing without really thinking about it. Interesting to find out from the other posters that it wasn't. They picked a singer who really sounded like her.


...Justin

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