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I should have linked to this when Karl Malden left us. It's a deleted number from the movie Gypsy and it contains Rosalind Russell's unredubbed vocals, and I think that's Malden's actual voice, too. His character didn't have a lot of vocalizing to do because the role was originated on Broadway by Jack Klugman, and Klugman wasn't much of a singer. So his solo was cut and was never heard again, and they wrote the guy out of most of the musical numbers.

Oddly enough, I think I like Ms. Russell a little better in the film when her vocals aren't redubbed. My main complaint with her performance, you may recall, is that she comes off as a successful woman with star qualities…and that ain't Momma Rose. I guess this is kind of an insult and I apologize if it comes off as nasty…but she seems less a movie star when it's her singing. And of course, there isn't that disconnect I feel in the film as released, where the singing voice doesn't precisely link up with the actress mouthing the words.

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