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547:) were endeared to Shirley, his good looks, and his shyness, adding that "we all had our crushes on him" and "he was so shy and we all had just genuine crushes on that Prince. He was really cute." In another interview she said, "We loved to tease him. Verna Felton who played Flora would always creep up behind him with a pencil and act like it was a baton . She'd do some fairy work on him and say he was going to be the greatest, handsomest, and all of this." Shirley and Costa sang the iconic song of the film,"
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viewers would be able to "see" the voices and hear them. The animators would draw sixteen drawings for each syllable formed by the lips. Shirley would later remember that he said, "Whoa, Samson!" to a non-existent horse for a whole day before the sound engineers were satisfied with the inflection. And at that point, Samson had not even been sketched as a horse. To him, Samson was âa real characterâ, and he thought that
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352:'s "Favorite Story" presentation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Assignation". In 1947, he had a part in the musical "Look Ma I'm Dancin'!" as "Shauny O'Shay". During the tryout his part was cut severely, prompting him to leave the show. However, recordings of the production's soundtrack are still available that included Shirley's vocals, to avoid a potential musicians' strike. In late 1948,
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for the holidays. During this time, he came down with a throat infection which caused his doctors enough concern to consider a surgical procedure, leading to several cancelled engagements. By the first week of
February he had recovered enough to be reported past danger, and by April, he had recovered
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They acted out their parts just as if they were to appear personally in the finished production. The two even kissed for the sound-track cameras. After their voices were recorded, the animators drew every motion of the characters' lips to fit each enunciated syllable from the actors' mouths, so that
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Company in 1960 and âThe Grip of Leadershipâ for Coca-Cola in 1961. Specific industrial show sponsors include Oldsmobile, Coca-Cola,
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Although he had occasional vocal work, Shirley sometimes had difficulty furthering his career. Following a few performances in KFIâs âHollywood Bowlâ in 1945 and âOn Stage
Americaâ in 1946, Shirley alternated between radio and the stage. For a while, he performed often with singing actress
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and continued to perform well after 1963, especially in industrial shows such as âDiesel Dazzleâ and âA Step Aheadâ in 1966, and returned to play Nat Miller in a
Sacramento Music Circus production of âTake Me Alongâ in 1975. He had co-produced "Dames At Sea", which introduced
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Phillip; the animators had them perform many of the sequences from the movie while they drew the character. He had many rehearsals with Mary Costa, who was providing the voice for
147:, on July 6, 1921. His father, Luther James Shirley, was a funeral director for Shirley Brothers Mortuaries. His mother, Inez Shirley (née Baldwin), was a well-known professional pianist. According to the
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by a mutual friend who worked at the studio and remembered that
Shirley used to sing as a child. Shirley sang a few numbers for Yates, and was immediately signed up for a seven-year contract.
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768:(1944) â Pvt. Ferguson (as William Shirley)
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904:KTTV (February 6, 1949 program) - Himself
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805:With a Song in My Heart
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773:Dancing in the Dark
672:Crown Hill Cemetery
497:Walt Disney Company
380:Dancing In The Dark
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720:(1941) â Tom Wayne
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797:Nancy Goes to Rio
757:Ice-Capades Revue
701:Rookies on Parade
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644:Bernadette Peters
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549:Once Upon a Dream
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