Deborah Kerr
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Sep 17, 2026
Kristina OakesHOST
he's like one of the like guys you know with the diamonds and number and all that because i mean people forget that he was a dance i guess like a dancer first and um also larry kurt the original tony in west side story was another one of the uh suitors in the number And a lot of people were like, what was that Marilyn Monroe singing in the beginning? I'm like, no, she doesn't have an operatic voice.
Kristina OakesHOST
If I go look, Marnie Nixon, who was known for dubbing Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, did that in the beginning because she, you know, was known for like, oh, wait, this person can say, let's bring in Marnie Nixon.
Kristina OakesHOST
She's got this.
Kristina OakesHOST
She's got this.
SarahHOST
Joan Crawford was originally lined up for the female lead, but lost the part after insisting on using her own cameraman.
SarahHOST
opening the door for Deborah Kerr, whose casting against her prim and proper image completely changed how Hollywood saw her.
SarahHOST
Zinnemann also doubted Donna Reed, the girl from Oregon, shout out Oregon, then admitted she wildly exceeded his expectations.
SarahHOST
Then there was Frank Sinatra.
10 MINS LATER
AdamHOST
Good for Burt Lancaster.
AdamHOST
Good for Burt.
SarahHOST
Deborah Kerr.
SarahHOST
who plays Karen Helms.
Dave LinehanHOST
favorite?
Noelle TolandGUEST
Probably In a Fair to Remember is my favorite movie with Deborah Carr and Cary Grant.
Noelle TolandGUEST
The original.
Noelle TolandGUEST
Yeah, the original.
Jessi KleinHOST
The big reveal.
Robbie HoffmanGUEST
The Deborah Kerr.
Jessi KleinHOST
Robbie, I was getting to think-
Liz FeldmanHOST
Robbie
Allison SucameleHOST
He wasn't in an accident or anything.
Allison SucameleHOST
There's no tragic romantic devastation like in the 1957 film An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.
Allison SucameleHOST
But as usual, I digress.
Allison SucameleHOST
We remember the workplace feedback that sounded vague but carried a threat.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
But I liked him a lot.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
And, you know, when you look at movies like, you know, A Fair to Remember, and that beautiful song on the front of it, and, of course, Deborah Kerr, wasn't it? Yeah.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
Was the star, the other star in it.
Greg LynchCORRESPONDENT
What a wonderful film that was.
Rachel BellwoarHOST
Yeah, should we start teasing what two films we're going to have our viewers choose between for that, Jerome?
Jerome ReuterHOST
Yeah, as a matter of fact, you'll have the ability to choose between a film which stars the late, great Deborah Kerr, or another one that is a bit more on the exploitation side of things.
Jerome ReuterHOST
I kind of hinted at it earlier in the episode.
Rachel BellwoarHOST
Yeah, and actually, if you want to look into that...
James DeakinsHOST
[laughs]
Ron HowardGUEST
Wound up getting a part in a movie with Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr that was going to be shot in Vienna, Austria.
Roger DeakinsHOST
Oh, wow.
Roger DeakinsHOST
[laughs]
Ron HowardGUEST
I, I have tremendous early memories of being around that set and the magic of it.
Ron HowardGUEST
There was one scene, and then I'll move on from this, but, like, Yul Brynner was playing this, uh, commander, Russian commander.
Ron HowardGUEST
It was about right after the Hungarian Revolution, and we were a busload of foreigners who were sort of trapped at the border, and Yul Brynner was trying to find Jason Robards Jr., who he thought was a spy, and Deborah Kerr was falling in love with everybody.
Ron HowardGUEST
And anyway, and, uh [laughs]
Lee ArnottHOST
episode on Victim way back when we first started.
Lee ArnottHOST
And The End of the Affair is a tense romantic drama set in London with Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson.
Lee ArnottHOST
So that's some of the landscape in cinema.
Lee ArnottHOST
The Dam Busters.
Willa PaskinHOST
The King and I had been a big Broadway hit for Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Willa PaskinHOST
For the movie version, they cast Deborah Carr, a very popular performer, to play the lead.
Willa PaskinHOST
She was the perfect actress for the role, but she was not a singer.
Willa PaskinHOST
And so they hired Marnie.
Marnie NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Actually, the studio, 20th Century Fox, called me and they said that if anyone ever knew that I did any part, any part of the dubbing, that they would see to it that I wouldn't work in town again.
Marnie NixonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Can you imagine? I was scared to death.
Stephen ColeGUEST
It was embarrassing to Deborah Carr, they felt, to say, oh, she can act, but she can't sing.
Stephen ColeGUEST
I think they thought it would taint the film.
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