Audrey Hepburn enchanted movie audiences everywhere with her sweet innocence. Moon River captures her essence. As the story goes, on set in her first practice, she just hummed Moon River. The top executive of the movie muttered, "we can't have a woman singing on a balcony, no will like that. We have to cut it out." Audrey. hearing him, muttered a few words which the crew heard, "Over my dead body!". Henry Mancini, the composer for the music, went over to Audrey as he told her, "we can only afford one take, can you do it Audrey?" She starred him in the eyes, and said, "I'll do it alone, no orchestra, just me." Henri was shocked! "Solo!" "Yes!", she said "Solo." They set up the stage, and when everything was ready, they gave the sign to film. Tensely, everyone knew, she had only one chance and when she came came in with her soft and gentle voice, she charmed the whole set, studio, crew, and directors, executives too, all stood spellbound! Her performance was beyond anyone's expectations. She captured every man's heart in the entire production. The set was quiet when she finished. Then the executive who wanted to cut the scene, all eyes on him, said, "that was beautiful Audrey!"
Here is the original Moon River recorded from 1961. As the story goes, in that tense moment in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's that made every heart soar into a state of heavenly beauty. Audrey had tamed not just one heart, but the hearts of countless people. Henri Mancini later added his orchestral parts, and later Stevie Wonder added his harmonica.
The clip shows Audrey as a young 25 year old aspiring Audrey in Sabrina, and then as a dancer with Fred Astaire from Funny Face.
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