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| I Could Have Sung All Night: My Story | 
| Authors: Marni Nixon, Stephen Cole
Publisher: Billboard Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 569434
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1
ISBN: 0823083659
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780823083657
ASIN: 0823083659
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
Known as the "Ghostess with the Mostess" in Hollywood for having dubbed songs for the likes of Natalie Wood in "West Side Story", Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady" and Deborah Kerr in "The King and I", Marni Nixon has one of the best-loved and well-recognised singing voices in the world. This book reveals Nixon as a singer, an actress, a woman fighting for artistic recognition and today, a survivor of breast cancer, in a frank, funny and truly remarkable autobiography. Known as the "Ghostess with the Mostess" in Hollywood, Marni Nixon is renowned for being the dubbed voice over very prominent stars in stage-to-screen adaptations. This is her first book. Stephen Cole wrote "That Book About That Girl", a companion to the Marlo Thomas television series. As a librettist and lyricist, his musicals include "The Night of the Hunter", "After the Fair", "Dodsworth" and many others. He lives in New York City.
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 I Could Have Read All Night June 23, 2008
Great walk through the 20th century. This woman's life arc hits all of the pioneering moments in musical entertainment from the great depression to present day. The back stories in Hollywood are a particular good read. At last there's a face and story to all of the great songs I've listened to over the years.
 Fascinating Behind the Scenes Film Information But Skip the Last Third June 11, 2008
About 2/3 of this book is fascinating--the other 1/3 is dull and has too much personal information. Most of it you can hardly put it down--Marni Nixon describes her part in dubbing some of the greatest film musicals of the 50s and 60s. BUT the other 1/3 of the book (mostly the last part of the book--after she no longer dubs films regularly) is filled with her self-confessed affairs that detract from her professionalism.
It's a great book for anyone who loves movie musicals and Hollywood history. She started in movies as a child and has great behind-the-scenes stories of old Hollywood. Her descriptions of dubbing for Kerr, Hepburn and Wood are well-detailed and worth getting the book. But once she details "My Fair Lady" (and even her work on "Mary Poppins"!), the only other thing worth reading is her short time with "The Sound of Music." After that it would be best to put the book away and enjoy the memories of this sparkling star--instead of reading on about her cheating, her ignoring her kids and her search for significance. She certainly has a story to tell but she doesn't appear to understand that the fame she looked for is diminished by her exposing all of her off-stage problems.
Lots of info October 3, 2007
I had long known about Ms. Nixon's film work, dubbing for Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn, but this memoir filled in a lot of gaps. I really enjoyed it.
 Fun for film buffs January 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you have ever wondered who sang Kerr's songs in KING & I or Wood's in WEST SIDE STORY, then this is the book for you. Marnie Nixon was the dubbed voice of many non-singing stars'in some of their best roles. Here she tells her story and while at times it drags a bit, I found it very interesting and entertaining. The chapters about her work in film are espcially engaging.
marni Nixon bio November 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Enjoyed this book so much.It was fun to read about all the colleagues she had worked with during her career. A very pleasant read.
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