West Side Story 1961 - "I feel pretty"

theprimadonna ^ | 1961 | LeaonarBernStein

[DallasBiff]

Natalie Wood/Maria feels pretty:))

[DallasBiff]

What Joe Biden says to himself everyday in the mirror, every day, and yes that was not Natlaie Woods voice

[DFG]

Natalie Wood’s singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon in West Side Story.

George Chakiris was the only one out of the main characters to not be dubbed.

[MeganC]

I feel pretty
Oh, so pretty
I feel pretty, and witty, and bright
And I pity
Any girl who isn’t me tonight

I feel charming
Oh, so charming
It’s alarming how charming I feel
And so pretty
That I hardly can believe I’m real
See the pretty girl in that mirror there?
Who can that attractive girl be?

Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!

I feel stunning
And entrancing
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I’m loved
By a pretty wonderful boy!

Have you met my good friend, Maria?
The craziest girl on the block
You’ll know her the minute you see her
She’s the one who is in an advanced
State of shock
She thinks she’s in love
She thinks she’s in Spain
She isn’t in love
She’s merely insane

It must be the heat
Or some rare disease
Or too much to eat
Or maybe it’s fleas

Keep away from her
Send for Chino!
This is not the Maria we know!
Modest and pure
Polite and refined
Well-bred and mature
And out of her mind!
Miss America, a speech, a speech, que hable

I feel pretty
Oh, so pretty
That the city should give me its key
A committee
Should be organized to honor me
I feel dizzy
I feel sunny
I feel fizzy, and funny, and fine
And so pretty

Miss America can just resign!
See the pretty girl in that mirror there
What mirror, where?
Who can that attractive girl be?
Which? What? Where? Whom?
Such a pretty face
Such a pretty dress
Such a pretty smile
Such a pretty me!
Such a pretty me!
Such a pretty me!

I feel stunning (I feel stunning)
And entrancing (and entrancing)
Feel like running and dancing for joy
For I’m loved
By a pretty wonderful boy!

[rexthecat]

..and yes that was not Natalie Woods voice.

Correct. Loved Natalie, but she couldn't sing.

[ronniesgal]

NW was flat out gorgeous.

[MarDav]

My first crush. Those beautiful brown eyes!

[KrisKrinkle]

Isn’t that the movie where a guy hollers for “Maria” in a Puerto Rican neighborhood and only one girl responds?

[minnesota_bound]

She didn’t even lip sync that song very well. The voice did not match hers at all.

[twister881]

>>George Chakiris was the only one out of the main characters to not be dubbed.<<
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I could be wrong, but I always thought Rita Moreno did her own singing in the 1961 version. She has/had a distinctive and powerful voice and is an EGOT* awardee. Of course, with the recent Spielberg remake in which she also appears, Moreno has crapped all over the earlier film that made her a star. She is an ingrate and a phony.
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*EGOT = Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony

[Signalman]

The voice was that of Marni Nixon.