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To: DallasBiff

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.


2 posted on 10/23/2023 1:23:03 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

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


8 posted on 10/23/2023 2:22:42 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: DFG

>>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


9 posted on 10/23/2023 3:13:29 PM PDT by twister881
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