Two Powerful Stars including the Amazing Vocals of Ms. Streisand plus the storyline from the previous 2 versions made this Version a Major Hit for me. I adore Judy Garland but Iโm a 60s-70s Music Fan!
Little known Facts regarding Barbra Streisand is a huge problem with Stage Fright to this day (45 years after the 1976 Version of A Star Is Born)!
More than 50 years after her 1st Starring Role (in a Musical no less), Funny Girl, I found out that Barbra Streisand has NEVER (& NEVER WILL) lip sync or will she allow her Live Performances are actually done Live DURING THE TAKE! In most movies, Actors who have a Alleged Live Performance has it dubbed after the movie is ready for editing. Barbra Streisand just will NOT do it the way MOST ACTORS DO!
If you watch Funny Girl, Funny Lady (which is based on a real performer Fanny Brice who was in the Siegfried Follies), when she walks on stage either to sing her own thoughts or when sheโs Performing with Siegfried Follies itโs being performed Live during the Take/Scene. Barbra Streisand is not Lip Syncing or even really singing without a microphone on (to have her voice/vocals dubbed over the scene in the movie with all the tools of the trade to make it sound like a Studio Cut)!
Every time you see Barbra Streisand singing onstage or in a Movie sheโs actually singing Live without the tricks of the trade to make her sound like a Studio cut.
She sang on Oprah and was so nervous because of the Stage Fright that sheโs had her entire life but she said she wanted to continue to Face Her Fears. Her performance was flawless.
Iโve even heard sheโd have to throw up right before she went onstage to perform. That one might be a rumor but the stage fright is absolutely real and continues into her late 70s to early 80s. Sheโs had a #1 Record every single year for over 6 decades! Thatโs saying something! She is a Legend!