Marilyn Monroe 'Every Baby Needs A Da Da Daddy' 1948

'Every Baby Needs A Da Da Daddy' taken from the B Movie 'Ladies Of The Chorus' (1948). This was only Marilyn's thrid film appearence and her first starring role. At 22 years old she is a far cry from the icon we know as Monroe. Nevertheless, this early performance shows how she was later groomed and trained. Almost ameture in deliverence a young Norma Jeane gives one of her first musical numbers in front of a film camera.

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[markthebaldguy]

Poor Marilyn , with that amateur-ish choreography she had nothing to do but sex it up... then later they blamed HER , ha

Go Marilyn go , some of us still understand.

[waif55]

It's her voice. Pitched a bit lower than the tones she used at Fox. Although, her voice didn't get "babyish" till "Some Like It Hot" and "Let's Make Love." But...she always did her own singing. In fact, she fell in love with her musical coach on this film--who was very surprised by her vocal abilities.

[ILuvMarilynMonroe]

Stunning <3 !

[emoandros]

a think this is one of her first movies being the lead! so she didnt had her character as marilyn the sexy breathy talkin yet! she was just begining, u can tell! its obvious its her voice! she didnt even had the special way of stare and gesture her face while she sings! like she does for example in gentlemen prefer blondes!

[ananasdt7]

she's SO skinny here O.o :)

[familyreunion2011]

There's one song we have on record that was not dubbed, Happy Birthday Mr. President or am i wrong was she dubbed for that. i thought she did amazing, i know if i was prez i would have been very plzed

[waif55]

@tinman11201 No, sorry. It is her voice and anybody who knows what MM sounded like recognizes it. She was even begining to come down hard on her D's and T's (as Natasha Lytess drummed into her!) If she had been dubbed, we would have known by whom a very long time ago. Her voice is deeper throughout the film---she was not doing the "breathy" thing yet.

[tinman11201]

This is not MARILYN's voice, she is being dubbed here.

[Rapture1987]

@waif55 I know EXACTLY what you mean. I think a lot of ppl feel threatened by her superhuman qualities. On top of the type of dismissals that you listed, it also drives me nuts when her legacy is referred to as that of a 'sex symbol' (which to me is one of the most INCIDENTAL things about someone who, as an actress & singer, stole Ethel Merman's thunder, and knocked Lawrence Olivier off the screen). Marlon BRANDO is lucky that Lee Strasberg once mentioned him in the same sentence with her. :)

[waif55]

@Rapture1987 Well, you seem a reasonable person. I am sensitive became theer seems to always be a rush to dismiss MM--her beauty (not natural!) Her singing (dubbed!) her talent (didn't have any!) I just don't see this level of criticism against other vintage stars, most of whom were as "manufactured" as MM--if not more. In any case, she did have an excellent voice.

[Rapture1987]

And the recording studios at the time couldn't work miracles - this is why Marilyn's friend Natalie Wood was dubbed in "West Side Story", even though Natalie filmed mostly to her own tracks and COULD in fact hit most of the high notes, but not in a way that did justice to the score.

[Rapture1987]

admitted that her voice wasn't adequate for films like "The King and I" and "An Affair to Remember"). Fox studios, like others, have customarily hired singers to 'supplement' or 'augment' their actors' singing - for example, Leona Gordon helped Rita Moreno with some of her notes in "The King and I", and Charmian Carr's sister stepped in when one of the boys in "The Sound of Music" couldn't hit his high note in 'So Long, Farewell'. Even Ginger Rogers said she was once dubbed.