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VOICES OF SINGING
STARS AIDED BY
HIGH ALTITUDE
The glorious operatic voices of
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson
Eddy will ring out more triumphantly
than ever in -"Rose Marifc" because
of the unusual altitude of their
six-week mountain location. Such
was the announcement of Mr. Edouard
Lippe, Nelson Eddy's vocal
teacher, while with the star at
Tahoe to coach him through the out-
door numbers of the giant musical
the first to be filmed against natural
backgrounds.
"We discovered it the fust day
here," Lippe said. "Between scene!
in a mountain valley set, Jeanetti
and Nelson harmonised softly in the
'Indian Love Call." At the "first 1
they looked at each other in surprise.
To the musical ear, the tones mil
as clear and bell-like as 41 fluU-. Thej
went on with the song, then, in «scitement,
asked Bill Steinkamp,
chief soundman, to make a flash recording—the
kind- which can bt
played back after a minute or two.
"No one spoke during the minute,
Then the machine burst out witl
the recording. It was beautifuuj
clear, no rough edges, none of the
usual haze which singers must
hearse and rehearse to cut through.
j It was an exciting discovery for
i Lippe explained that the altitude,
a miIc and a half
above sea level
! ^responsible
The
mountain stillness and the
pUrity of the air is the perfect inium
for music," he said. "In thc'ty>
no matter how still it ntfJ
a ? em to the accust <™ed ear, there ij
^ ^ n d wfth."^ ^
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