Early sound cinemaSourced
A woman sings on screen.
A man supplied her voice.
In the 1931 Chinese sound film Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, the lead actress Hu Die's singing was overdubbed by Mei Lanfang, a male Peking opera performer celebrated for female roles.
An unexpected voice
in an early talkie.
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