Ava also did a version that was quite beautiful, but the studio used Annette Warren instead to dub the song. Ava's version is on the rerelease of the soundtrack on CD.
Marni Nixon dubbed this, as she did for Audrey Hepburn, as Eliza Doolittle and for Deborah Kerr, as Anna, in The King and I. She had a wonderful voice and amazing range, as this "deep" rendition attests. I often wonder if she ever felt unhappy that all of these beautiful stars got the credit for her magnificent vocal portrayals.
OOPS ! I stand corrected. Annette Warren was the voice of Ava, in this release. I still appreciate Marni for all of her wonderful vocal contributions to film, however.
@jerryalter0 Annette Warren sang the songs in Showboat for Ava. I do not mean any disrespect to Ava Gardner, one of Hollywood's most beautiful stars. However, I believe that Ms. Warren should get credit for her work. :))
Silrosm yes it was dubbed although Ava Gardner did actually make a test recording. I used to have it on a cassette recording and it was really good, better than anything you would hear on xfactor but the studio thought it was too high risk not using a professional singer
She was the finest woman I'd ever laid eyes on and told her that when we visited her in her London apartment around 1975. After kneeling her 25 corgies, I told her that she could 'turn me straight' in eleven seconds. Couldn't do it, had little interest, had other fish to fry. No regrets but she was one fine looking chick.
@rosabaca21 yup, a beauty, but by no means completely natural, corseted and painted up for the movies in this one at least, and some of us still aspire to be natural beauties, without plastic surgery :)
I wish that they hadn't dubbed her voice for this song, she has a very nice singing voice and I think it goes better with the song. But this is still nice.
Don't understand how anyone can dislike this. I get goosebumps just listening to her. Ava was so incredibly beautiful and poised and a true role model for any woman in modern days! Seriously wish more women would have respect for themselves and their bodies the way Ava did!
It's a great song and it's a sgreat scene, but I wish that they hadn't dubbed Ava's voice. Her's sounded just fine and I happen to like it better than the woman's that they used.
if your girlfriend tells you to look at this because this is how she feels, there are TWO messages: she loves you but she feels you don't treat her well. so this song is not a reason to avoid taking responsibility for your actions.
Beautiful, but for me it's a tie between her and Veronica Lake. Ava Gardner said to Veronica Lake: "With a face and figure like yours you could start a war." Lake replied: "I believe we are at war; the question is, can a face and figure like mine stop it?" Veronica Lake is said to have been so disarmingly beautiful that she looked as if she had been preserved on ice before each scene: her skin, hair, eyes - everything was perfect and peerless. Great video, love this song, too.
This is the woman Frank Sinatra attempted suicide over - the real love of his life. Yes, the original unused version with her own voice was better in my opinion.
Ava's family originated from Black Dutch. It doesn't mean they are Black, it comes from Black Deutsche who were German Sinti Gypsies who were either deported or escaped persecution from Germany centuries ago. They settled in the USA
Gardner's singing voice was later dubbed by vocalist Annette Warren; her original rendition of one of the musical numbers appeared in the compilation film That's Entertainment! III and is considered by some to be superior to the version used in the film. Gardner's vocals were included on the soundtrack album for the movie, and in an autobiography written not long before her death, Gardner reported she was still receiving royalties from the release.
@1915fas Ava's family originated from Black Dutch. It doesn't mean they are Black, it comes from Black Deutsche who were German Sinti Gypsies who were either deported or escaped persecution from Germany centuries ago. They settled in the USA.
@ibbiwho Thank you for that fascinating information! That might explain her desire to suddenly walk out on Frank whenever they disagreed on something.
@ibbiwho Yes, she did. She had a romance with a famous bullfighter who's name I can't remember. Frank at this time was making the Pride and the Passion with Cary Grant and Sophia Loren in Spain. Loren was of course in love with Grant. The Spanish referred to Frank as 'Mr. Sinada' which of course means Mr. Nothing. Frank was bored and reportedly threatened to pee on Stanley Kramer if he wouldn't hurry up with Frank's scenes so he could leave.
@honeybee7700 I am English, that doesn't mean to say I am not a Gypsy, I can trace my family tree back in in the UK for over 500 years. There are lots of Scottish, Welsh and English Gypsies. Many of them travelled to America or were deported as bond slaves c1600. Ava did have Black Dutch ancestry. Unless you are a Gypsy yourself you would not realise that our communities live amongst non Gypsies and most people don't even know. There are many many old Gypsy families in Carolina still.
@ibbiwho If you read her biography she tells her own family history I tend to believe Ava and she never says she is black Dutch or any other biographies about her say nothing different either.
@honeybee7700 I have traced her Ancestry, and if you understood the Gypsy culture and the fact that the Black Dutch originated from Gypsies who were persecuted , you would understand that there are many people of Gypsy origin who do not always mention it because of the stigma and prejudice.
@1915fas Ava's family originated from Black Dutch. It doesn't mean they are Black, it comes from Black Deutsche who were German Sinti Gypsies who were either deported or escaped persecution from Germany centuries ago. They settled in the USA.
@MrFlakkk I wondered about the voice. It's a bit like Snow White's voice... that drives me crazy! Vibrato too tight. I'm sure it's not Lena Horne. I love her.
No, It's Ava Gardner. Lena Horne played this part in earlier versions. this is the 1951 film. some of Gardner's vocals were dubbed by another singer, but later tracks restored her voice.
Not that this is not great and Annette Warren who dubbed Ava Gardner is a wonderful singer... but have you ever heard the orginal london cast? (maybe 1972? not sure the year) Cleo Laine just about blows my mind with her verison of this and all the other songs the that she sings as Julie. I believe you can still find it on cd.
@OldHollywood93 I know very blonde haired, blue eyed, 'caucasians' who have a Black parent or Grandparent so childhood photos are hardly proof of anything...And besides, what does it really matter?
@OldHollywood93 I guess the whole color/race thing is just kind of laughable. We can't be too hard on Hollywood as they just reflect the ignorance of society as a whole.
@OldHollywood93 I remember that Angelina already played a Afro-Cuban/Dutch woman...I think it was in the Daniel Perlman story...She clearly has no hang ups about playing Black.
Women can be beautiful and now they can show their intelligence without having to be a femme fatale. They did have to resort to it, never able to know the freedom of being judged by merit of character and not just looks. The glamor of the past is greatly seductive to me, which is why my professional life is all about Sinatra and swing, but I am glad to be a woman living today.
Starved for glamor? Make your life glamorous. Look for it.
Ava gardener drank like a fish and swore like a sailor. She lived like a savage. I'm glad that females are able to grow in a world where they don't have to reach down to the "femme fatale" image to be a woman.
@SwingDanceBand But women today (not all but most), lack a level of class and elegance that was pretty much the norm back in the Ava Gardner day. And women today have forgotten how to be seductive without becoming vulgar. And they also forgot that you can project intelligence while enjoying your femininity.
@gal80s I think men have forgotten how to be seduced without a woman's vulgarity. It goes fr both genders, so many men are classless. Many men don't seem to want a classy woman either. It's really sad. I was born in the wrong generation, I should have grown up 1935-45.
@BlueAnchorAriel I agree with you totally! Men are also classless and I find that absolutely horrible. In life, one has to strive to be the best you can be and that includes the manner in which you conduct yourself in all spheres. What you project to the world is how the world sees you . . . and treats you. No matter how young you may be, one ought to always behave like you are a gentleman or lady. If your generational peers do not behave like such, it is their loss.
@gal80s I'm glad someone agrees! I am 23 years old and I detest my generation. I was also raised by an old-fashioned father and my grandparents, which may have something to do with it, but I just can't stand the way genders conduct themselves these days! It takes no skill, no class, no effort. It's all instant gratification for everything, including sex. Deplorable! Just the thought of being lumped in with the lot of them makes me cringe.
@BlueAnchorAriel Indeed, things have gotten worse as the years passed. I was a teen and young adult in the 80s and at least back in those days, a certain level of decorum among the young still existed. But today, everything has been lost. Even girls curse on the street like the worst drunken sailor! And I wonder what are they thinking! There is a difference between wanting to behave with class and decorum and wanting to be totally class-less. Ultimately it is just a matter of choice.
@penguinworm No, the men today -- not all of them but a great majority and the younger ones in particular, have no clue about elegance and finesse. And in looking back at the manner in which men carried their masculine traits in the past, as reflected in their sense of style, I realize how much has been lost. Yes, times have changed and not necessarily for the better in many respects. That is what's sad!
Yes I agree with the gentleman who made the comment about the gorgeous and talented women in Holywood like Ava Gardner. N, Sablay, M. D., North Las Vegas, Nevada..
This is an outtake. The voice is that of Ava Gardner but it was decided it needed a stronger voice so the voice in the film is dubbed. It was understood she was distraught that this was not used. It should have been.
Helen Morgan's 1936 film version of this piece is quite a bit different, much more the way Kern and Hammerstein intended it to be performed, and in my opinion, much more enjoyable. This is not a criticism of Annette Warren's abilities, though; she is a great vocalist and surely was directed to sing the piece in this slow, somewhat uninteresting fashion.
Other great renditions of this song were recorderd by Tess Gardella and Judy Garland.
was watching a talk programme some considerable time ago and the bloke being interviewed was part of the crew that made this movie and he stated that it was stated that she didn't sing on this movie when in fact she did cannot remember his name though
The most beautiful woman ever born , perfect cheek bones, beautiful voice, fantastic figure, sultry looks, intelegent, what more could you ask for in a perfect woman? Ava had it all, and still does!
She appeared in a number of disaster films throughout the 1970s, notably Earthquake (1974), The Cassandra Crossing (1976), and the Canadian movie City on Fire (1979).
@LightningStash ...If you read the comments by Rlmusclebear, I believe that they're right. The movie version of the song was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also used to dubb for Deborah Kerr i.e. "King & I" but was not credited at the time. I have also seen Ava's actual voice version and she was very good, but not as "polished" musically. It's a shame that they didn't use her real voice.
How come we don't have movie stars like Ava anymore? This is the dubbed version of the song. It is not dubbed by Lena Horne. There is a version where Ava sings "man" in her own voice and she is quite good.
I don't get it..what's so beautiful about this woman? Ok, so she probably had no surgery. I'll give her credit for that..but there's something really un-womanly about her. She actually reminds me a lot of my grandmother in her youth.
Who did Ava's voice? I think it was Marni Nixon? Ty for the wonderful post! Sinatra gave Ava singing lessons but to no avail. The studio insisted that it be dubbed. God, she was gorgeous and a great great actress!
@Sugarbehr1967 Ty TY for the info sugarbehr1967. Yeah I bet she was angry! I think I've heard some of the original Ava vocals and they're pretty good. I think that Audrey Hepburn felt the same way about Marni dubbing for her but she wasn't about to sing "Show me" to great effect lOL!
which is funny because the part she played in this movie was supposed to be that of a woman that was half black ..... lena would have been perfect .. shame they didnt try to remake
@shenwood55 Lena Horne performed that song in the "Show Boat" sequence of MGM's Jerome Kern biopic "'Till the Clouds roll by" - I love Ava Gardner, but it's still sad that Lena Horne wasn't cast in the movie...
Lena Horne was up for the part but Hollywood balked at the time due to the controversy it would have created..The USA especially the southern states were not ready to see a woman of color in a part other thatn a maid or musical performer.Its a sad legacy but Lena and Ava were good friends at the time so there was no bad blood between them.
Ava also did a version that was quite beautiful, but the studio used Annette Warren instead to dub the song. Ava's version is on the rerelease of the soundtrack on CD.
stagehand113 5 days ago
Omg...that is beautiful.
And something that can never be reproduced today.
MusicMan20061210 3 weeks ago
Marni Nixon dubbed this, as she did for Audrey Hepburn, as Eliza Doolittle and for Deborah Kerr, as Anna, in The King and I. She had a wonderful voice and amazing range, as this "deep" rendition attests. I often wonder if she ever felt unhappy that all of these beautiful stars got the credit for her magnificent vocal portrayals.
CIGALE1602 3 weeks ago
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OOPS ! I stand corrected. Annette Warren was the voice of Ava, in this release. I still appreciate Marni for all of her wonderful vocal contributions to film, however.
CIGALE1602 3 weeks ago
not only can she act.....but she can sing too! beauty, talent, charisma....no wonder sinatra fell 4 her lock, stock and barrel!!!
jerryalter0 1 month ago
@jerryalter0 Annette Warren sang the songs in Showboat for Ava. I do not mean any disrespect to Ava Gardner, one of Hollywood's most beautiful stars. However, I believe that Ms. Warren should get credit for her work. :))
BoudiccaBlanc 1 week ago
Ahh, back in the day when a movie relied on it's actors rather than special effects, swearing, and nudity to make an excellent movie
monikarburns14 1 month ago 2
what movie is this from?
Slash417 1 month ago
@Slash417 Showboat.
PhillyMark72 1 month ago
Silrosm yes it was dubbed although Ava Gardner did actually make a test recording. I used to have it on a cassette recording and it was really good, better than anything you would hear on xfactor but the studio thought it was too high risk not using a professional singer
fairplaynationalist2 1 month ago
does her voice remind anyone else of marylin monroe? i guess they're a similar era? correct me if i'm wrong! beautiful song.
lydflorence 2 months ago
Yes...I agree that Ava was one of the most beautiful persons ever born, as was Mara Corday...I believe Mara is still living.
1957BHG 2 months ago
She was the finest woman I'd ever laid eyes on and told her that when we visited her in her London apartment around 1975. After kneeling her 25 corgies, I told her that she could 'turn me straight' in eleven seconds. Couldn't do it, had little interest, had other fish to fry. No regrets but she was one fine looking chick.
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rcarroll88 2 months ago
Ava Gardner was trully a natural beauty even without makeup
Women these days..all they use is plastic surgery and so on
I wish women were more like women back in those days:(
rosabaca21 2 months ago 2
@rosabaca21 yup, a beauty, but by no means completely natural, corseted and painted up for the movies in this one at least, and some of us still aspire to be natural beauties, without plastic surgery :)
baboonette100 1 month ago
@baboonette100 thats ur opinion.i disagree.
rosabaca21 1 month ago
No wonder all the men she encountered fell hopelessly in love with her.
bodhidhamma7 2 months ago
Jessica Biel looks a bit like her... My take!
Kostagh 2 months ago
Love this song. She sings it beautifully.
CraigDuhon 2 months ago
@CraigDuhon Wasn't her who sang it in this clip.
infinera06 2 months ago
@infinera06 Yes, Anette Warren sang the song in the film. Still, it is a beautifull song.
CraigDuhon 2 months ago
I wish that they hadn't dubbed her voice for this song, she has a very nice singing voice and I think it goes better with the song. But this is still nice.
laurenguthrie85 2 months ago
@gal80s,you hit the nail on the head!
stareyes1326 3 months ago
For the record, this is NOT Ava Gardner's singing voice.
vimeo.com / 14200351
In my opinion, there was no need to dub her voice. She has a lovely singing voice, often more beautiful than the voice that appeared in the movie!
89operagirl 3 months ago
is this even her voice
mssonnet26 4 months ago
Don't understand how anyone can dislike this. I get goosebumps just listening to her. Ava was so incredibly beautiful and poised and a true role model for any woman in modern days! Seriously wish more women would have respect for themselves and their bodies the way Ava did!
Jessieboo1991 4 months ago
Wow dang her voice was so beautiful!
I can't even sing that good.even my ears bleed!!
rosabaca21 4 months ago
Quelle classe, bonne mere, quelle classe, un model d'eternel feminin ?
zionassedo 4 months ago
A classic song for the ages by the ageless Ava Gardner. TY aSmokersDeliight for posting.
paulostroff99 4 months ago
Favorite movie. Always has been since I was about 4.
God... I love this movie SO much <3
TheSaraldo 5 months ago
It's a great song and it's a sgreat scene, but I wish that they hadn't dubbed Ava's voice. Her's sounded just fine and I happen to like it better than the woman's that they used.
laurenguthrie85 6 months ago
can t help lovin dat girl lol
wazer7693 6 months ago
Helen Morgan was better!!
Mascro1977 6 months ago
it's a masochistic song.
if your girlfriend tells you to look at this because this is how she feels, there are TWO messages: she loves you but she feels you don't treat her well. so this song is not a reason to avoid taking responsibility for your actions.
unless SHE doesn't quite understand the song.
wattever333 7 months ago 11
named my daughter after her
tengordon1942 7 months ago
Such a sexy song.
aquaganda 7 months ago
Should have been up tempo, like the earlier version.
PRR5406 8 months ago
@PRR5406 I agree. The earlier one was much better.
celtickimba 5 months ago
this song makes me cry
simolionshane 8 months ago 2
She has the most perfect mouth I've ever seen... makes Angeline Jolie's lips look like a goldfish.
fuzzylogic27 8 months ago 24
@fuzzylogic27 jolie's lips are gross lol, don't even compare
Xiabuse 2 months ago
@fuzzylogic27
More like flounder lips!
Cagedguitarist401 1 month ago
@fuzzylogic27
Lips?? Its all about the LEGS for me!
Eva had the sexiest legs in movie history!
PabloJalan 2 weeks ago
Beautiful, but for me it's a tie between her and Veronica Lake. Ava Gardner said to Veronica Lake: "With a face and figure like yours you could start a war." Lake replied: "I believe we are at war; the question is, can a face and figure like mine stop it?" Veronica Lake is said to have been so disarmingly beautiful that she looked as if she had been preserved on ice before each scene: her skin, hair, eyes - everything was perfect and peerless. Great video, love this song, too.
Sirgreaseflick 8 months ago
is that Ava singing or is she doubled ?
can You answer me , please?
Thanks!
silrosm 9 months ago
@silrosm I believe she was dubed. The singer was Annette Warren.
amsellner 9 months ago
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fuzzylogic27 8 months ago
@silrosm Dubbed.
infinera06 2 months ago
o.k. missmovie90
MyLalinea 9 months ago
miss my man
Ankku2010 9 months ago
from wich year is this movie?
MyLalinea 9 months ago
@MyLalinea I think it's 1953
MissMovie90 9 months ago
She's beautiful. But god it's so much better in the original where it's a little faster and includes Queenie
gatorkati 9 months ago
I always thought she was a black woman...
MiamiPush2theLimit 9 months ago
This is the woman Frank Sinatra attempted suicide over - the real love of his life. Yes, the original unused version with her own voice was better in my opinion.
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Ava's family originated from Black Dutch. It doesn't mean they are Black, it comes from Black Deutsche who were German Sinti Gypsies who were either deported or escaped persecution from Germany centuries ago. They settled in the USA
ibbiwho 10 months ago
Wikipedia isn't fault free, but I believe this:
Gardner's singing voice was later dubbed by vocalist Annette Warren; her original rendition of one of the musical numbers appeared in the compilation film That's Entertainment! III and is considered by some to be superior to the version used in the film. Gardner's vocals were included on the soundtrack album for the movie, and in an autobiography written not long before her death, Gardner reported she was still receiving royalties from the release.
grandmagrumpy 10 months ago
B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L! X
hoofprintz5 10 months ago
Ava, according to Sinatra's valet George Jacobs, claimed to have black ancestors.
1915fas 10 months ago
@1915fas Ava's family originated from Black Dutch. It doesn't mean they are Black, it comes from Black Deutsche who were German Sinti Gypsies who were either deported or escaped persecution from Germany centuries ago. They settled in the USA.
ibbiwho 10 months ago
@ibbiwho Thank you for that fascinating information! That might explain her desire to suddenly walk out on Frank whenever they disagreed on something.
1915fas 10 months ago
@1915fas She did go off to Spain to spend time with the Gypsy flamenco dancers...........after she left Frank didn't she.
ibbiwho 9 months ago
@ibbiwho Yes, she did. She had a romance with a famous bullfighter who's name I can't remember. Frank at this time was making the Pride and the Passion with Cary Grant and Sophia Loren in Spain. Loren was of course in love with Grant. The Spanish referred to Frank as 'Mr. Sinada' which of course means Mr. Nothing. Frank was bored and reportedly threatened to pee on Stanley Kramer if he wouldn't hurry up with Frank's scenes so he could leave.
1915fas 9 months ago
@1915fas That was Luis Miguel Dominguín , father of Miguel Bose !
Also it´s said that Mario... , her partner in Fiesta (The sun also rises ) was her lover.
Chau.
silrosm 8 months ago
@silrosm i´VE REMEMBERED , MARIO CABRE !!!
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@1915fas That is incorrect her mother was scottish/irish descent and her father was irish/american indian decent
honeybee7700 9 months ago
@ibbiwho That is incorrect her mother was scottish/irish descent and her father was irish/american indian decent
honeybee7700 9 months ago
@honeybee7700 I am English, that doesn't mean to say I am not a Gypsy, I can trace my family tree back in in the UK for over 500 years. There are lots of Scottish, Welsh and English Gypsies. Many of them travelled to America or were deported as bond slaves c1600. Ava did have Black Dutch ancestry. Unless you are a Gypsy yourself you would not realise that our communities live amongst non Gypsies and most people don't even know. There are many many old Gypsy families in Carolina still.
ibbiwho 9 months ago
@ibbiwho If you read her biography she tells her own family history I tend to believe Ava and she never says she is black Dutch or any other biographies about her say nothing different either.
honeybee7700 9 months ago
@honeybee7700 I have traced her Ancestry, and if you understood the Gypsy culture and the fact that the Black Dutch originated from Gypsies who were persecuted , you would understand that there are many people of Gypsy origin who do not always mention it because of the stigma and prejudice.
ibbiwho 9 months ago
@ibbiwho What does German Sinti Gypsies mean , please?
Thanks!
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@1915fas Ava's family originated from Black Dutch. It doesn't mean they are Black, it comes from Black Deutsche who were German Sinti Gypsies who were either deported or escaped persecution from Germany centuries ago. They settled in the USA.
ibbiwho 10 months ago
"most beautiful animal of world"
summettedarik 10 months ago
How beautiful!
juliaagordon 10 months ago
<3 love it.
talentpageant 11 months ago
16 people don't love a man
mcnultysfan 11 months ago 2
Can't stop droolin' over dat drop dead gorgeous woman.
cinerama62 11 months ago 3
I think MGM should have kept Ava's voice for this song that's been dubbed (Annette warren). Ava's voice was much more husky and sultry.
MrFlakkk 11 months ago
@MrFlakkk I wondered about the voice. It's a bit like Snow White's voice... that drives me crazy! Vibrato too tight. I'm sure it's not Lena Horne. I love her.
grandmagrumpy 11 months ago
@grandmagrumpy it is lena hone
rashen24 10 months ago
@rashen24
No, It's Ava Gardner. Lena Horne played this part in earlier versions. this is the 1951 film. some of Gardner's vocals were dubbed by another singer, but later tracks restored her voice.
grandmagrumpy 10 months ago
@grandmagrumpy that's Lena's voice you're talking about with the dubbing. :) That's what the other person meant.
Rosannasfriend 10 months ago
@rashen24 Check Wikipedia. Lena Horne did NOT sing this film version
grandmagrumpy 10 months ago
@MrFlakkk its lena horne
rashen24 10 months ago
This is Lena Horne singing.
dav1492 11 months ago
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dav1492 11 months ago
I loved
cahlindinhaloira 11 months ago
Love this song so romantic... <3 xx
Brookwest07 11 months ago
that was beautiful, absolutely stunning.
rcesupahstar 11 months ago
wow I wish hollywood actresses looked like that, but they are too plastic!!!
kfag101 1 year ago
mmmmm very nice! looks like nigellas twin sister!
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Not that this is not great and Annette Warren who dubbed Ava Gardner is a wonderful singer... but have you ever heard the orginal london cast? (maybe 1972? not sure the year) Cleo Laine just about blows my mind with her verison of this and all the other songs the that she sings as Julie. I believe you can still find it on cd.
trerenee1 1 year ago
Annette Warren dubbed her singing for the movie, but the soundtrack that was released with the movie was Ava's voice.
susuemikado 1 year ago
Ava Gardner - a beautiful, talented Tuscarora woman... Who would believe she's part Native American Indian? Beauty beyond compare!
shinding75 1 year ago
@shinding75 Its because she is part Native American that she's so beautiful
susuemikado 1 year ago
@susuemikado
She's hardly 'part.'
You can tell because she doesn't have any Native American features, even in photos of her as a child.
OldHollywood93 1 year ago
@OldHollywood93 I know very blonde haired, blue eyed, 'caucasians' who have a Black parent or Grandparent so childhood photos are hardly proof of anything...And besides, what does it really matter?
susuemikado 1 year ago
@susuemikado
Because her features aren't really Native American looking.
OldHollywood93 1 year ago
@OldHollywood93 I think she would have made a great Pocahontas in Hollywood's golden era.
susuemikado 1 year ago
@susuemikado
They probably would've cast her.
But they would've been better casting Dorothy Dandridge or someone who looks darker.
I love Old Hollywood films but I must say I do have to laugh when they cast Jeanne Crain as a black woman in "Pinky."
OldHollywood93 1 year ago
@OldHollywood93 I guess the whole color/race thing is just kind of laughable. We can't be too hard on Hollywood as they just reflect the ignorance of society as a whole.
susuemikado 1 year ago
@susuemikado
True, some people are probably not going to be happy that Angelina Jolie is set to star in the latest Cleopatra film.
OldHollywood93 1 year ago
@OldHollywood93 I remember that Angelina already played a Afro-Cuban/Dutch woman...I think it was in the Daniel Perlman story...She clearly has no hang ups about playing Black.
susuemikado 1 year ago
@OldHollywood93 what exactly are native american features?
BlacknesUnforgivable 9 months ago
@shinding75
Her features are pretty white, because she's mostly white.
OldHollywood93 1 year ago
@shinding75 yes, you can believe she's part Native American--beautiful
windstorm1000 5 months ago
Women can be beautiful and now they can show their intelligence without having to be a femme fatale. They did have to resort to it, never able to know the freedom of being judged by merit of character and not just looks. The glamor of the past is greatly seductive to me, which is why my professional life is all about Sinatra and swing, but I am glad to be a woman living today.
Starved for glamor? Make your life glamorous. Look for it.
SwingDanceBand 1 year ago
marie personnage
une video a marie .
bisous. petit coeur .
axellllle 1 year ago
> chantal denis.
mariage tardif
parachutiste elle .
mari orl hop français.deces 83? maurice là.
frederique 65 ? a morris suisse siege
axellllle 1 year ago
Ava gardener drank like a fish and swore like a sailor. She lived like a savage. I'm glad that females are able to grow in a world where they don't have to reach down to the "femme fatale" image to be a woman.
SwingDanceBand 1 year ago
@SwingDanceBand But women today (not all but most), lack a level of class and elegance that was pretty much the norm back in the Ava Gardner day. And women today have forgotten how to be seductive without becoming vulgar. And they also forgot that you can project intelligence while enjoying your femininity.
gal80s 1 year ago 24
@gal80s I think men have forgotten how to be seduced without a woman's vulgarity. It goes fr both genders, so many men are classless. Many men don't seem to want a classy woman either. It's really sad. I was born in the wrong generation, I should have grown up 1935-45.
BlueAnchorAriel 4 months ago
@BlueAnchorAriel I agree with you totally! Men are also classless and I find that absolutely horrible. In life, one has to strive to be the best you can be and that includes the manner in which you conduct yourself in all spheres. What you project to the world is how the world sees you . . . and treats you. No matter how young you may be, one ought to always behave like you are a gentleman or lady. If your generational peers do not behave like such, it is their loss.
gal80s 4 months ago
@gal80s I'm glad someone agrees! I am 23 years old and I detest my generation. I was also raised by an old-fashioned father and my grandparents, which may have something to do with it, but I just can't stand the way genders conduct themselves these days! It takes no skill, no class, no effort. It's all instant gratification for everything, including sex. Deplorable! Just the thought of being lumped in with the lot of them makes me cringe.
BlueAnchorAriel 4 months ago
@BlueAnchorAriel Indeed, things have gotten worse as the years passed. I was a teen and young adult in the 80s and at least back in those days, a certain level of decorum among the young still existed. But today, everything has been lost. Even girls curse on the street like the worst drunken sailor! And I wonder what are they thinking! There is a difference between wanting to behave with class and decorum and wanting to be totally class-less. Ultimately it is just a matter of choice.
gal80s 4 months ago
@gal80s How about men today? Still as classy and elegant as back in the 50's?
Let me answer my own question: No. But I don't care, times have changed.
penguinworm 3 months ago
@penguinworm No, the men today -- not all of them but a great majority and the younger ones in particular, have no clue about elegance and finesse. And in looking back at the manner in which men carried their masculine traits in the past, as reflected in their sense of style, I realize how much has been lost. Yes, times have changed and not necessarily for the better in many respects. That is what's sad!
gal80s 3 months ago
@gal80s and they have vaginas witch they didnt have back then
foolish718 3 months ago in playlist Frank Sinatra
@foolish718 Precisely what is the meaning of your comment? Care to elaborate? Thank you.
gal80s 3 months ago
Yes I agree with the gentleman who made the comment about the gorgeous and talented women in Holywood like Ava Gardner. N, Sablay, M. D., North Las Vegas, Nevada..
80sbuttrock 1 year ago
my girlfriend told me to look at this. This is what she thinks of me? T.T She really does love me.
imansmith017 1 year ago 66
This is an outtake. The voice is that of Ava Gardner but it was decided it needed a stronger voice so the voice in the film is dubbed. It was understood she was distraught that this was not used. It should have been.
lakersfanatic5 1 year ago
A voz é de Annette Warren.
fsergio131855 1 year ago
After hearing Gardner's own voice, I think they should have used it instead of having Warren dub Gardner's voice.
arpeggio1358 1 year ago 4
oh shi- DAT ASS!
freelistic 1 year ago
Helen Morgan's 1936 film version of this piece is quite a bit different, much more the way Kern and Hammerstein intended it to be performed, and in my opinion, much more enjoyable. This is not a criticism of Annette Warren's abilities, though; she is a great vocalist and surely was directed to sing the piece in this slow, somewhat uninteresting fashion.
Other great renditions of this song were recorderd by Tess Gardella and Judy Garland.
madamerotten 1 year ago 4
was watching a talk programme some considerable time ago and the bloke being interviewed was part of the crew that made this movie and he stated that it was stated that she didn't sing on this movie when in fact she did cannot remember his name though
rafgharrierman 1 year ago
Annette Warren is awesome -- and Ava didn't do her own singing.
Kipshnit7 1 year ago
Why can't people look or sing like Ava anymore?
EponineJondrette 1 year ago
@EponineJondrette The singing is by Annette Warren. XD
SilverInsanity 1 year ago
I would love to see this kind of eloquent passion exhibited in today's world.
Pattifish 1 year ago
sweet song
happymimi16 1 year ago
mercii!
bachuskz 1 year ago
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The most beautiful woman ever born , perfect cheek bones, beautiful voice, fantastic figure, sultry looks, intelegent, what more could you ask for in a perfect woman? Ava had it all, and still does!
kerri494 1 year ago
I am starved of beauty. Yet, it is everywhere, all about, in you and in me.
It tastes that good.
MrSpongg 1 year ago 51
I,ll be a bachelor till i die .. my perfect women has died..
momusnick 1 year ago
I agree with denzo30. I see this clip and I fall in love with Ava.
ppkwalter1 1 year ago
She appeared in a number of disaster films throughout the 1970s, notably Earthquake (1974), The Cassandra Crossing (1976), and the Canadian movie City on Fire (1979).
knowledgewarrenpofh 1 year ago
What Movie is this? Is this true that someone else is singing, rather than her using
her own voice?
LightningStash 1 year ago
@LightningStash yes its her own voice
katiecheriton 1 year ago
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@katiecheriton
Thanks.
LightningStash 1 year ago
@LightningStash
its her own voice
katiecheriton 1 year ago
@katiecheriton
Alright.
LightningStash 1 year ago
@LightningStash ...If you read the comments by Rlmusclebear, I believe that they're right. The movie version of the song was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also used to dubb for Deborah Kerr i.e. "King & I" but was not credited at the time. I have also seen Ava's actual voice version and she was very good, but not as "polished" musically. It's a shame that they didn't use her real voice.
mmc50365 1 year ago
@mmc50365
I see. I can level with you there. Audrey Hepburn insisted on using her voice to
sing when she was out near the Balcony in the Breakfast at Tiffany's Movie in
1963, where she was playing a Guitar, & her cast Actor George Peppard
approached the Window to look out when he heard her voice.
So Ava Gardner could actually sing, asides from acting?
LightningStash 1 year ago
@LightningStash The movie is called Show Boat. Starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel and Ava Gardner.
meluvstarwars 1 year ago
How come we don't have movie stars like Ava anymore? This is the dubbed version of the song. It is not dubbed by Lena Horne. There is a version where Ava sings "man" in her own voice and she is quite good.
RImusclebear 1 year ago
She is stunning!!! 12 dislikes? How?
kfeve11 1 year ago
@kfeve11 Yeah makes you kind of wonder why they search and click on the video in the first place if they don't like the thing !!
Goonerette89 1 year ago
I have to wonder what was gong thru the mind of the person who compared Ava Gardner to Sharon Stone of all people. hahahahahahha ....LMFAO!!!!!!
thedreamisme 1 year ago
you all sick twats
wavertree34 1 year ago
her voice was dubbed
dairy444 1 year ago
frank sinatra, boy oh boy how could let this woman go???????
axxymax 1 year ago
she looks amazing! to bad for the corsette:(
FollowToChange 1 year ago
This is not Ava Gardner's voice - it's Annette Warren. To hear Ava sing it, search youtube for::
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Show Boat - Ava Gardner 's own voice - Can't Help Lovin' That Man
lostvocals4 1 year ago
I've always *loved* this song. So beautiful.
micksmom2 1 year ago 2
Sharon has classic features, she is glamourous...But Eva Garner she will never be.
Nightsurf59 1 year ago
Give her a break! After all she IS 6 feet underground.........
GazettEE 1 year ago
she was so not right for this movie
3909clancy 1 year ago
ive got to sing this song
hellokitttymia11 1 year ago
I sure can not. Ava was a Slut,, a f-bag.
She was not Rita.
RTO
82abnoff 1 year ago
I don't get it..what's so beautiful about this woman? Ok, so she probably had no surgery. I'll give her credit for that..but there's something really un-womanly about her. She actually reminds me a lot of my grandmother in her youth.
NightinGal89 1 year ago
@NightinGal89 wtf?
sirigi22 1 year ago
Ava Gardner was so beautiful!!!
Od3tt301 1 year ago
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SvendBosanvovski 1 year ago
unforgettable
Ankku2010 1 year ago 4
Great song!
diannagrana1 1 year ago
Who did Ava's voice? I think it was Marni Nixon? Ty for the wonderful post! Sinatra gave Ava singing lessons but to no avail. The studio insisted that it be dubbed. God, she was gorgeous and a great great actress!
damone77 1 year ago
@damone77 A singer named Annette Warren..when Ava heard her voice was dubbed...she was furious..
Sugarbehr1967 1 year ago
@Sugarbehr1967 Ty TY for the info sugarbehr1967. Yeah I bet she was angry! I think I've heard some of the original Ava vocals and they're pretty good. I think that Audrey Hepburn felt the same way about Marni dubbing for her but she wasn't about to sing "Show me" to great effect lOL!
damone77 1 year ago
which is funny because the part she played in this movie was supposed to be that of a woman that was half black ..... lena would have been perfect .. shame they didnt try to remake
shenwood55 1 year ago 3
@shenwood55 Lena Horne performed that song in the "Show Boat" sequence of MGM's Jerome Kern biopic "'Till the Clouds roll by" - I love Ava Gardner, but it's still sad that Lena Horne wasn't cast in the movie...
spiderorchid81 1 year ago
Lena Horne was up for the part but Hollywood balked at the time due to the controversy it would have created..The USA especially the southern states were not ready to see a woman of color in a part other thatn a maid or musical performer.Its a sad legacy but Lena and Ava were good friends at the time so there was no bad blood between them.
smoothie6ft3 1 year ago 3
If I were half as pretty as Ava, I would have guys falling at my feet. (I wish!)
barisaxgirl14 1 year ago 9
wow! she's beautiful and very talented. we're singing this in our Spring Show
( middle school solo )
i dont think ill be able to compare to her xD
krazzieem 1 year ago 3