Her voice was perfect for the role--her acting was superb! Her performance made the film for me.
@billiardsandsnookervideosn8319
4 жыл бұрын
Mitzi set out to win the role, for weeks she prepared for the audition, not easy to imagine South Pacific without her in it. N
@Operafreak9
2 жыл бұрын
I've seen enough "South Pacifics" to last a lifetime. All very bad. Only one for me in large part because of Mitzie.
@joanelliott4986
6 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous. They chose the right person. Loved the movie loved her performance. She nailed it.
@Operafreak9
4 жыл бұрын
Far more suited to the role than Mary Martin. The movie was definitive.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
I have to disagree. Mitzi was a little too sophisticated for the small town naivete of Nellie Forbush. The perfect casting would have been Doris Day.
@markmc23
11 ай бұрын
Rubbish - Mitzi was born for that role.@@dmnemaine
@dmnemaine
11 ай бұрын
@@markmc23 She was very good in the role. I don't dispute that. I'll even go as far as saying she was the best thing about the film. I just don't feel she was perfect casting. Sorry.
@markmc23
11 ай бұрын
Every actress in Hollywood was after that role and when Mitzi was cast, there were many raised eyebrows. She soon proved them all wrong - well done Josh Logan!@@dmnemaine
@joelgoor5449
10 ай бұрын
Such a great movie and song .Sung so beautiful by Mitzi Gaynor
@cactusbound
7 жыл бұрын
She makes me smile while she sings 😁
@huskie4ever17
12 жыл бұрын
Amazing to see this...phenomenal movie...Ms Gaynor is a classic.
@scottmiller6495
4 жыл бұрын
Tremendous all the way around Period !!!!!
@tobeetwo
10 жыл бұрын
She has everything that is star quality, plus a raving beauty!
@Jymster46
10 жыл бұрын
"A Raving Beauty", for sure! Well Said! Thank you so much for watching these! Jim
@DDumbrille
9 жыл бұрын
Jymster46 Even Gaynor admits that she wasn't a 'raving beauty'. She had tons of talent, but knew that she wasn't Marilyn Monroe.
@mauricelowe8436
8 жыл бұрын
+DDumbrille marilyn was'nt mitzi gaynor either,, mitzi had talent, great dancer,singer triple threat entertainer, marilyn wiggled and pouted,very photogenic and probably the greatest sex bomb ever,,but talent?
@DDumbrille
8 жыл бұрын
maurice lowe Yes, talented. Compare her to Jayne Mansfield, not to mention watch her films and you'll know what I mean.
@YManCyberDude
8 жыл бұрын
+DDumbrille … … Monroe was overrated …
@ClassicDamsel
13 жыл бұрын
She definitely deserved to win the part! Such a beautiful woman. Thanks for sharing!
@Operafreak9
4 жыл бұрын
SHE WAS PERFECTION in one of the very greatest movies.
@adrianesumner9622
4 жыл бұрын
Mitzi is the nicest person I've met. What you see is what you get. She is a real beauty.
@scottmiller6495
4 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic performance this was! This version is even better than the movie version, hands down Period !!!!!
@frankfalcone6359
3 жыл бұрын
As good, but in a more subdued way. I love both.
@stevenweygint7557
7 ай бұрын
Totally agree!!
@flexnetuser2268
7 жыл бұрын
My favorite musical ever.
@mikewilliams8713
7 жыл бұрын
That's what they call nailing it.
@Jymster46
13 жыл бұрын
@azw596 These screen tests sure show why they choose her, I think! She is such a Cutie! Thanks so much for watching! Jim
@peterhenry986
3 жыл бұрын
Love her in this role! ❤️👍
@anthonylawson518
4 жыл бұрын
Mitzi is the best!
@mmillerssn
3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs from South Pacific. Thanks for posting.
@suebennett7159
2 жыл бұрын
This phenomenal film was part of my childhood, our parents had the soundtrack LP, we saw it at the cinema & I always watch it whenever it’s on TV & never tire of it. I saw the latest stage production last night at the Sadlers Wells theatre in London, a brilliant production, I sang along to every number, pure magic. Mitzi Gaynor made this film what it is, such talent & beauty.
@sanfordpress8943
3 жыл бұрын
A self deprecating and marvelous gal. She left Hollywood on her own terms . She admitted the camera didn't love her . She found success in Vegas where she performed variety acts for years . I wonder what parts came her way in Hollywood and which ones she turned down . I wonder if it was on someone's advice that she seek another medium to display her talents. A wonderfully talented. Honest. Caring. Person Bless you
@alisdairmclean8605
Жыл бұрын
That's what you call nailing it.
@kathleenramsey2966
2 жыл бұрын
She had such a beautiful talent. And was so under-rated. I've always liked her voice.
@prayerpatroller
4 жыл бұрын
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do a screen test.
@noelroberts8199
9 ай бұрын
Now I know why you got the part in the movie, Mitzi you are beautiful, you can sing and you can dance and you are very talented, Go Girl.....🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖🏖
@bigbandsrock1
9 жыл бұрын
BRAVO, MITZI! WHAT A TREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS! LOVE YOU, DEAR LADY! YOU SURELY HAD AND STILL HAVE IT ALL!!!!!
@avuncular300
6 жыл бұрын
So - Doris Day had been considered for the part. But politics and manoeuvring saw her off. Much as I adore Doris, it was great that Mitzi came through with flying colours. Bravo....
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts
Жыл бұрын
She had been seriously injured in an auto accident as a teenager and was not in love with dancing on screen (although she made an exception for Love Me or Leave Me (1955).
@robertwilkins8357
Жыл бұрын
This also should be a classic, she was perfect for this film!
@Mega12891289
12 жыл бұрын
Interesting because this is an unprotected "live' performance. She, of course, owned the role in the end.
@shoutinghorse
5 жыл бұрын
No wonder she got the part, perfect.
@johnflynn9619
2 жыл бұрын
Mitzi is a Doll. Magnificent Actress & Dancer.
@darrellphilip3295
5 жыл бұрын
She's perfect!
@Sometime4781
Жыл бұрын
Incredible. Thanks for posting.
@victorianidetch
Жыл бұрын
Nicely done, what a talent!
@bobjg1956
2 ай бұрын
Wonderful .....just wonderful God bless her xxxx
@toff358
3 жыл бұрын
Most interesting! She took the piece at slightly faster vocal pace in the released film, and with a little more energy, but this is a so enjoyable and altogether fascinating live to mic alternative. What a brilliant all round performing package she was - very good actress, excellent singing voice and a fine dancer. She deserves to be remembered as one of the greats.
@gentsw13
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps the music was recorded and that was THE speed the boss decided it had to be. Perhaps
@ksatriasufentonto6959
Жыл бұрын
Excellent points, but you make her sound deceased. Thankfully, she is very much still with us.
@toff358
Жыл бұрын
@@ksatriasufentonto6959 I`m very aware of that, and not my intention at all, but she is of course long retired, which was my point...
@melclo3641
3 жыл бұрын
What a talent she is, beautiful too, and this is just the screen test, WOW.
@NancyHink-ly7sh
17 күн бұрын
I love Mitzi singing. I just adopted a kitten and named her Mitzi Gaynor. JOY!
@Balina757
Ай бұрын
She’s really terrific. Strong, lovely voice.
@Aishiya1
12 жыл бұрын
I think I like this version better than the finished version in the movie. She's got her voice pitched a little lower and she sings the song a little more slowly.
@waynem7634
5 жыл бұрын
What an exceptionally good screen test. Mitzi was perfect for the role. Doris Day would have been great too.
@davidallen508
3 жыл бұрын
Mitzi was pleasant and competent but Doris would have given the film that extra dimension.
@DeanLeonard1
11 жыл бұрын
She was really quite lovely--what beautiful legs!--and in fine voice.
@scottmiller6495
4 жыл бұрын
SUPERB !!!!!
@scottmiller6495
4 жыл бұрын
Superb !!!!!
@stevengriffin7873
Ай бұрын
Absolutely wonderful powerful performance.I like the lighter movie version of this but it sure is a great example of what a musical powerhouse this beautiful woman was.Even after she finished singing look at the emotion on display as she holds that hat close to herself.
@1948DESMOND
12 жыл бұрын
i presume mitsy is miming to her own voice here. or not. but if doris day or judy garland or whoever had gotten the role that went to mitzi, we would still be swooning over them!! what i mean is, we would never know what we wouldhave missed ifmitsy had NOT gotten her ;part here. SHE IS WONDERFUL. I CANNOT IMAGINE ETHEL MERMAN GETTING THE PART!!
@andreaking7920
Жыл бұрын
One of my fave Movie Musicals.. i loved her short hair in the Movie.. and she sings tbe last note higher than on the Audition.. which sounds great it is on the word GUY.. i just had to mention it.. as i am a singer too..🤗
@Jymster46
12 жыл бұрын
Hi, Linda! Yes, this clip came from the 2 DVD set of "South Pacific"...lots of cool stuff about the film one the second disc. I have also posted her screen test #1. Yes, she Was born to play that roll! I can't imagine anyone else being "Nellie"! Thanks so much for watching it! Jim
@Operafreak9
4 жыл бұрын
Do not understand those who like Mary Martin better. Mitzi IS Nellie Forbush.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
Doris Day probably would have been better, but with the unavailability of Day, Gaynor was the next best choice.
@Jymster46
11 жыл бұрын
I love it too. Thanks so much for watching and commenting! Jim
@Jymster46
12 жыл бұрын
@Lesliecptan I agree! She is someone special, for sure! One of my favorites also. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment! Jim
@shoutinghorse
8 жыл бұрын
WOW! Fantastic, what a beautiful lady she was, those legs!!
@musicaltheatergeek79
12 жыл бұрын
She's wearing Daisy Dukes 20 years before they became fashionable!
@Jymster46
13 жыл бұрын
@sorrowfulflower Thank you Heather! Yes, the end of another week. I am so glad you enjoyed this. It was neat to see this as a bonus selection on the DVD set! Yes, Delightful and Perky, for sure...and I would like to add Gorgeous! Thank you so much for watching and have a Great weekend! Jim
@Dianaemanuel
11 жыл бұрын
Also, imagine what Judy Garland could have done in that role! Even Betty Grable. But Mitzi is wonderful and makes it her own.
@barbarapalmer8224
4 жыл бұрын
Betty. Grable had fabulous legs too.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
Grable was definitely too old in 1958. 1958 Garland had lost a lot of her "innocent" persona. I don't think she could have pulled off small town naivete.
@TheAdelaidehall
12 жыл бұрын
Mitzi is terrific in this movie, but she has marvellous back up from the orchestrations which really do justice to the Rodgers & Hammerstein songs!
@andreaking7920
Жыл бұрын
So spooky i watched South Pacific 3 days ago.. sad and happy at the same time..😊
@attyrsa
7 күн бұрын
I think I like this vocal arrangement more than the very different one they eventually used. Gaynor's line readings may have been suspect in the film, but she certainly had a wonderful voice for her wonderful guy.
@hedwegg
11 жыл бұрын
Solid Performance! WoW,
@andreaking7920
Жыл бұрын
Mitzi like me has the 3 Arts.. Dance, Song, and Acting.
@Jymster46
12 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching and thank you for your comments! All the lovely actresses that you mention are some of my very favorites and were all capable of playing any role offered them. Ms. Gaynor will always be Nellie Forbush to me. Thanks Again! ~~ Jim
@wasittoyou
12 жыл бұрын
OMG....how did I ever miss this upload, Jim?? One of my subscribers directed me to it today!! Where DID you find this amazing gem? Mitzi was born to play this role. Thanyou for the clip!! ~Linda
@Jymster46
13 жыл бұрын
@ClassicDamsel You are very welcome! Yes, it wouldn't have been the same with anyone else. Thank you so much for watching! Jim
@mkgrunfield
12 жыл бұрын
My apologies. I don't have a wide screen TV and watching the actual film on my PC I realise my TV was somehow stretching her body to make her look wider. By all means scrub my comments as they are an irrelevance...but I did enjoy watching her again. She is fabulous. Thanks for your time.
@pamelawillis4772
8 жыл бұрын
A more beautiful lady has yet to be born
@MrNorriscarr
11 жыл бұрын
love this movie, thank you so mush for sharing this.
@jumpinjack1156
3 жыл бұрын
Immortal !!!
@hfelton
11 жыл бұрын
Someone wrote Ms.Gaynor was born to play this part, but if so how about Mary Martin, whom R & H reportedly always had in mind for the Broadway production even while writing the songs. My late mother, an avid theatergoer, and not a Martin fan said she was brilliant.
@dreamchaserme
9 жыл бұрын
Yes - you don't have talent like this anymore!
@peace-yv4qd
7 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@scottmiller6495
4 жыл бұрын
And never will again, these young people of this horrible world will never understand this because they don,t want to and don,t care about this kind of incredible talent from the past Period !!!!!
@somewhatsoprano1923
3 жыл бұрын
@@scottmiller6495 I understand it. I’ve understood it since I was little. Please don’t categorize us.
@Joseph-wy2mq
3 жыл бұрын
Nonsense.
@JanetteHeffernan
12 жыл бұрын
You get the job!
@VEGASTOLLY
12 жыл бұрын
Great!!!
@Jymster46
12 жыл бұрын
@VEGASTOLLY I agree! Thanks so much for watching! Jim
@joeaccrocco9603
2 жыл бұрын
Wow what fin deeper voice
@Jymster46
12 жыл бұрын
@huskie4ever17 Yes, She Is! Thank You so much for watching it! Jim
@helpmecu
11 жыл бұрын
Love her...shes on tour....!
@mylesag2
12 жыл бұрын
Great clip! Thank you. But I was also somehow seeing Shirley Jones, Debbie Reynolds (who might've been a bit too young at the time) in the role. Would've been great to have seen try-out clips of Shirley, Debbie and Doris Day, alongside this one, just for comparison's sake.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
Shirley Jones was a little too "operatic" for this role. Debbie Reynolds wasn't too young, but while she had a serviceable singing voice, Nellie Forbush requires a solid singer.
@dabprodukter6202
Жыл бұрын
Mitzi was the perfect choice. With D Day And J Garland, you will always be biased from what they are and what they have accomplished in the past. With Mitzi, who was relatively unknown to the general public, you will not be and thus you will be able to fully enjoy both her and the film, not comparing their plot in the film with singing and acting in other performances.
@starcrib
5 жыл бұрын
pure talent.. really.!!...........🎟 🥩🦈
@flexnetuser2268
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome. She had done this for many years on broadway I think.
@mauricelowe
6 жыл бұрын
never on broadway, that was mary martin
@MrDaiseymay
12 жыл бұрын
I'm amazed at your remark about her weight--'put on a lot of weight' after this showing???????????? I say she was SLIGHTLY heavier at the time of this screen test. It would make more sense to expect weight LOSS during a hectic dance and action programme while MAKING the film, over what must have been the best part of a year, rather than at anytime before all the action began surely.
@hanschristianbrando5588
2 жыл бұрын
She's right: she's singing in Mary Martin's key, which is too low for her.
@liesljones5987
8 жыл бұрын
In David Kaufman's definitive biography of Doris Day, he writes Day desperately wanted the lead in the film of SOUTH PACIFIC -and Rodgers and Hammerstein (also producing the movie) were definitely interested. But Day's husband-manager asked for too much salary. However, R&H paid Gloria Grahame $200,000 to do OKLAHOMA! and Day had just made $250,000 for PAJAMA GAME. This leads to one of TWO conclusions: Either R&H wanted Day to work for LESS than her asking price as a top-rated star OR her husband-manager wanted "points' in the gross in addition to Day's salary, which R&H would never have agreed to. The result -Mitzie Gaynor got the role!
@mauricelowe8436
7 жыл бұрын
also i have read that the age difference between Rosanno Brazzi and Doris Day was only 6 years and the leading man was supposed to be middle aged and the Nellie Forbush part a lot younger and naive, Doris was not ageing well, anyway Mitzi who 27 and looked 23 was perfectly cast.
@mylesgarcia4625
5 жыл бұрын
Well, how much was Marty Melcher then asking Bryna & Fox? $500,000 + maybe Doris' name above the title, which certainly R&H weren't going to do.
@mylesgarcia4625
5 жыл бұрын
@@mauricelowe8436 Never thought of that. But, yes, that might have been a factor. Doris might also have been a little too butch for Nellie (and Emile de Becque), as she was very tomboyish in PAJAMA GAME.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
@@mauricelowe8436 This was still pre-Rock Hudson comedies Doris Day. She still had her youthful look. Don't forget that Brazzi was made up to look older than he actually was. I doubt Day's age had anything to do with it. Hollywood was not known for worrying too much about ages. Consider Angela Lansbury playing Elvis's mother in "Blue Hawaii". She was less than ten years older than him.
@daphneduryea9136
8 ай бұрын
@@mauricelowe8436 Yes. Nellie was supposed to be young & fertile. Thus, Emile's line, "I am older than you. If we have children & I die..." Doris was too old for the role.
@donalddonney1595
Жыл бұрын
❤
@fredmila
7 жыл бұрын
she easily got the job, who else was a contender?
@mkgrunfield
12 жыл бұрын
Fabulous. Thanks for posting. She is so beautiful and has such a wholesome quality. I don't know how long it took to make the film after this test, but in the final version she has put on a lot of weight. I love both versions!
@JohnMinehan-lx9ts
Жыл бұрын
I never noticed it before, but she and Gena Davis look a bit alike facially. Did they let her do her own singing, it seems like she could have. Doris Day also could have done the part, although she had a badly broken leg as a teenager and tried to avoid that. I wonder if they test Julie Adams who actually was from Arkansas?
@MrDaiseymay
12 жыл бұрын
I have to disagree very much. The film version was far more polished,uptempo and slick. She was by now fully conversant with the song and dance routine. This amazing little film (where on earth did you get it) shows EXACTLY what might be expected at a first time rehearsal etc. Slightly tentative and uncertain, gaining confidence, and ending with a great flurrish.
@Operafreak9
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is a little sluggish compared to the effervescent performance on film, which is absolute perfection. Two of the most perfect segments ever captured on film are this and Twin Soliloquies , both from SP.
@hebneh
7 жыл бұрын
Since her hairstyle is so different from the actual movie, to me she doesn't even look like the same person.
@brianrodney712
4 жыл бұрын
In the movie her hair was cut in the ' bubble cut ' copying Mary Martin in the original Broadway production. This was done as the charactor washes her hair during the show. kzitem.info/news/bejne/rIB-0GGeb2p2gqA
@buckroo8424
4 жыл бұрын
brian rodney she was also playing a character in the military! They had to wear their hair shorter.
@kevinbergin2225
3 жыл бұрын
Now, is she singing that live or lip syncing to the play back there?
@1948DESMOND
11 жыл бұрын
this is her audition, right? but was she MIMING here? i got the feeling she was miming to a recording she must have made earlier. just asking. but the movie was great. so,too, i understand, is the remake!!!
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
It's s.o.p. for actors in film musicals to lip sync to pre-recorded music.
@miltsar
8 жыл бұрын
Mitzi was a perfect choice for the role. But I wonder if Doris Day was considered....she seems like an obvious choice. Were there contractual problems ?
@mauricelowe8436
8 жыл бұрын
+miltsar rogers and hammerstein did not want doris, after she refused to sing for them, also doris was such a big star, she would have been doris day, doris never had a really big movie musical, she was fantastic in calamity jane, which was a b musical at the time, and love me or leave me. where she was about the 5th choice, after ava gardner and jane russell turned it down, her other later musicals all bombed at the box office, ie pajama game and jumbo
@miltsar
8 жыл бұрын
+maurice lowe Yes, what you say makes perfect sense. Thank you. Also thanks for the info that Doris was way down the line for Love Me Or Leave Me. I didn't know that but I do remember that there was a lot of publicity about her being cast against type for the part and what a great job she did.
@liesljones5987
8 жыл бұрын
Please read my comment above for the REAL reason Day didn't do SOUTH PACIFIC. (BTW, films like LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME and CALAMITY JANE -both box office hits -were Definitely Big Musicals and were proof Day was both a "draw" to audiences and talented enough to do ANY musical.)
@miltsar
8 жыл бұрын
no one is disagreeing with you about Doris Day's immense talent and stardom...
@mauricelowe8436
8 жыл бұрын
Perhaps Doris Day was not considered for the part of South Pacific, cos of the age difference between her and the leading man Rossano Brazzi, which was only 6 years, and the Plantation Owner was supposed to be a lot older, Doris never aged well, Mitzi at 27 years of age and looked younger, Rossano looked about 20 years older than Mitzi in the film, which was perfect for the story.
@dyip-vb1wl
8 ай бұрын
Why was she singing in a lower key
@essessessesq
6 жыл бұрын
Melody is similar to "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" in Oklahoma.
@essessessesq
6 жыл бұрын
ooops! WRONG! It is this song in South Pacific!
@jpmerrick8886
4 жыл бұрын
Talent nuff said smart and not ugly lol
@impassable
8 жыл бұрын
clap clap clap clap clap
@nursegrace7492
6 жыл бұрын
That's about the longest introduction to a song I've ever heard...
@davidreidenberg9941
4 жыл бұрын
Nurse Grace it’s not an intro. It’s a verse
@downhilltwofour0082
4 жыл бұрын
Did she get the part?
@MoeGreensRightEye
4 жыл бұрын
The part went to Charles Nelson Reilly
@downhilltwofour0082
4 жыл бұрын
@@MoeGreensRightEye Good old C N Reilly. I remember some of his work. He could make me laugh for sure!
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
@@MoeGreensRightEye Wow. He did a great Mitzi Gaynor impression. How come he never did it again?
@MrDaiseymay
12 жыл бұрын
Gee, no need to apologise, everyone is entitled to comment, and they all count, apart from idiots out to simply insult and annoy, and fortunately, it's unlikely on a page like this. I know what you mean about all these different screen widths, it can cause laughter sometimes, and be irritating at others.
@1948DESMOND
12 жыл бұрын
MARY MARTIN WOULD HAVE BEEN TO OLD, TOO ANCIENT, IN THE MOVIE VERSION!! now, can ANYONE upload the dance scene mitsy did with a small girl in that other, but rather boring, musical called, i think, the barrets of broadway. or something. BUT THIS PARTICULAR SCENE WILL KNOW YOU OUT. GOSH, CAN HOLLYWOOD GIVE US TODAY WHAT SHE GAVE US IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES. SHAME ON HER IF SHE CANNOT. THE BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY, FIRST VERSION. CHECK IT OUT, NOT THE REMAKE WITH MADONNA, PLEASE!!
@robertwiegman1
4 жыл бұрын
Mitzi was fine in the movie - she was big in the the 50s - the problems with the movie ha ave to do with everything else.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
Joshua Logan's directing was strange. He seemed to be having the entire cast act like they were in a dazed cloud of spaciness. Gaynor is the only cast member who seems to be actually trying to be even a little bit lively. And then there's the infamous color filters.
@frederickrogers8273
Жыл бұрын
I wonder with todays technology, if those filters could somehow be adjusted? I love this show, both movie and Lincoln Center revival. The heavy color filters turn a lot of people off. @@dmnemaine
@dmnemaine
Жыл бұрын
@@frederickrogers8273 To be fair, Josh Logan was told that the color filters could be removed in post production, but that ended up not being true.
@joep8787
6 жыл бұрын
I despise the bean counters of Hollywood who hate to cast actors who can sing. They either dub the voice, i.e. Rosanno Brazzi or find some box office powerhouse who can't sing, i.e. Marlon Brando to destroy the song. I'm so glad Mitzi Gaynor got this part. I just wish they'd cast actors who could sing for the rest of the parts. The culmination of this trend was the awful movie version "Camelot" where they rejected Robert Goulet, Richard Burton and Julie Andrews.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, they didn't have Juanita Hall sing in the film version because they couldn't decide whether or not to cast her or the original West End Bloody Mary, Muriel Smith. They ended up compromising. Juanita Hall would appear on screen, but her musical numbers would be recorded by Muriel Smith. Juanita's renditions of the songs can be heard on the original Broadway cast album.
@daphneduryea9136
8 ай бұрын
They knew that no man but Brazzi could pull off the over-the-top wonderful guy theme on film. Others could pull it off on stage, but not film. The exact same reason David Lean cast him for Renato De Rossi in 'Summertime' (1955). Lean knew that Rossano was the only man gorgeous enough & charming enough to make it believable that Katharine Hepburn's character would be absolutely thunderstruck by him.
@joep8787
8 ай бұрын
@@daphneduryea9136 Hollywood in the late 1950s were top heavy with handsome, charming baritones who could have handled Emile DeBecque with ease. Personally, I would have offered the part to Howard Keel who had a great voice and screen presence. He did many musicals in the movies, and in fact, did wind up doing South Pacific on stage. And that's not counting bringing someone from Broadway. Brazzi was the go to actor when they needed a handsome Italian to romance an American single woman vacationing in Italy. Indeed, he played that role many times. But, unlike most Italian men, he couldn't sing. Gordon Macrae could have done it, but he destroyed his screen career with his drinking problem.
@daphneduryea9136
8 ай бұрын
@@joep8787 There's no way an American could pull off a French accent, especially while singing. Though Rossano had an Italian accent, there was probably 0.1% of people in the world who could tell. And, afterall, Ezio Pinza was Italian. And, though Giorgio Tozzi was born in the U.S., he was Italian, as well. In the close-up of Rossano's face while he's singing 'Some Enchanted Evening' in Nellie's ear - the most beautiful face ever. And, he had, by far, the sexiest lips of a man ever while he was lip-syncing. And, the close-up of his face at the end, right after Nellie hands him the ladle - Lord have mercy on my soul! He was perfect! Even his ears were flat, which is very rare. And, he had the most electric blue eyes when he looked up at Nellie just before they clasped hands. He was to men what Vivien Leigh was to women - meaning beyond comparison.
@joycecattanach4002
6 жыл бұрын
She didn't do the singing in the film
@davidreidenberg9941
4 жыл бұрын
joyce cattanach yes she did
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, she did. While Gaynor's more well known as a dancer, she had a very good singing voice. There was no need to dub her.
@sandrashevey8252
2 жыл бұрын
Wonder if they ratified the choice before or after what looks like a chin implant??!
@mylesag2
9 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see Beyonce or Halle Berry test for the role!!
@miltsar
8 жыл бұрын
+mylesag2 ....The whole story line would go out the window if either Beyoncé or Halle Berry were cast in a remake. They are beautiful and talented entertainers but the point of the story is that Nellie Forbush's character could not , at first, accept that the man she was in love with had mixed race children. That was the whole point...so naturally to cast a beautiful, talented , but Black American woman in the role would make the story non sensical.
@tomggabin5838
5 жыл бұрын
Great audition. The lyrics are still kind of stilted and dumb, but that has nothing to with Mitzi's performance. Very natural.
@frankfalcone6359
3 жыл бұрын
The lyrics are absolutely perfect for the character she was playing.
Пікірлер: 175