Together Wherever We Go - Gypsy - Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden - Stereo

This deleted number from "Gypsy" was included on the DVD, but the sound was from a horrible 16mm print. I've replaced it with sound from the CD and edited into the existing film to give an idea of how it actually played. Unfortunately for Natalie, the key was lowered to accommodate Roz, forcing Natalie to sing (and yell) way above her range. From "The Unkindest Cuts" by Doug McClelland: Miss Russell was helped in the singing department by Lisa Kirk. When I asked Lisa how much of the vocalizing she had done for Russell, she said: "All of it, except for the 'Mr. Goldstone' number. The whole thing turned out to be a drag. Warners contacted me to do it three days before I was to leave for England, offering me a piece of the soundtrack album, too. And I begged them to let me sing it 'up', but I had to sing the whole thing in her key, which was lower than mine." However, the one number in which Roz really seemed to be doing her own warbling - and the liveliest in the film, superior to its rendering on the stage - was "Together" which she did with Natalie Wood and Karl Malden. It rated applause from previewers. When the film bowed at Radio City Music Hall in New York, it did so minus this delightful interlude. This footage was not to reapper for subsequent engagements, either. The film, and Russell's performance, had been deprived of considerable steam. ______________________________ Funny how "great" lost footage is, until you actually see it.