I just saw this wonderful film on TCM, and I was captivated by it.
Does anyone know if he sang with his own voice? I don't think he did, but I was curious to know if someone had the definitive answer.
I'm sure he did - it sounded like his speaking voice, and if he was dubbed they certainly would have gotten a better singer, especially since he was supposed to be a semi-classical singer (operetta music like that is hard to sing properly for an untrained voice). He just may have been a bad lip-syncher.
shareI've always assumed that he did his own singing. In a bio I read once, it said that prior to studying theatre, he travelled around Europe "singing for his supper."
shareI love this movie, and the marvelous, handsome, young Frank L. I was kind of figuring his singing was dubbed, because, if he could really sing that well (though the singing voice was appropriately just fine, but not stellar, which seems right for the character), surely we'd have seen him doing some stage musical theater (there could hardly be a more obviously perfect Billy Flynn, Julian Marsh, El Gallo, and I'd love to see him create an original musical theater character). Then again, maybe he just hasn't wanted to do that, for whatever reasons. I'd love to see him doing a musical, if he really can sing...
Multiplex: 100+ shows a day, NONE worth watching. John Sayles' latest: NO distribution. SAD.