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Deanna Durbin - what members say

One Hundred Men And A Girl review by FrankIV from Gloucestershire

Wholesome 30 September 2005
...Deanna Durbin, all apple cheeks, alice bands and ankle socks, heads a cast of great old Hollywood supporting actors in this sugary tale of irrepressible youth triumphing ove... Read customer review

Mad About Music review by A customer from Devizes

Deanna Durbin 26 April 2007
... one for you. It is a very old film so it will obviously feel dated but I love Deanna Durbin's voice and this is a nice feel-good film. ... Read customer review

Three Smart Girls review by MacCritic from Halifax, England

Not so smart 30 November 2004
...Even a fan of Deanna Durbin will be put off by the dated plotline that is really just an excuse for Durbin to show off her vocal talents regularly. The girls are pretty and ... Read customer review

Deanna Durbin - filmography

For The Love Of Mary on DVD (1948)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Davenport
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Certificate:
A perky switchboard operator for the White House makes not one but three love connections, and her attampts to keep each Romeo on the line leads to a lot of crossed wires....

57% from 99 members

Something In The Wind on DVD (1947)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Donald O'Connor, Charles Winninger
Director: Irving Pichel
Certificate:
A beautiful female disc-jockey is mistaken for the girlfriend of a geriatric millionaire by the millionaire's grandson.

59% from 122 members

Because Of Him on DVD (1946)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Charles Laughton
Director: Richard Wallace
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Young and beautiful Kim Walker (Durbin) aspires for the life of a Broadway actress and singer. She devises a scheme which will get her on stage, in fact she gets the lead role in a new play through the help of the magnificent John Sheridan (Laughton), even against the writer's objections.

56% from 141 members

Lady On A Train on DVD (1945)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy
Director: Charles David
Certificate:
When Nikki Collins witnesses a murder she reports it immediately and although the police spring into action the absence of a body raises their doubts as to her credibility. Undeterred, Nikki resolves to pursue the perpetrators herself, her first step being to get the advice of a popular crime ..read more »

60% from 132 members

Can't Help Singing on DVD (1944)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff
Director: Frank Ryan
Certificate:
The only Deanna Durbin film made in colour, Can't Help Singing was a spectacular musical triumph nominated for two Academy Awards and a real favourite with her fans. Featuring four great songs from Deanna Durbin - "Can't Help Singing", "Any Moment Now", "More and More" and "Cal-i-for-ni-ay" , Can't ..read more »

58% from 156 members

Christmas Holiday on DVD (1944)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf
Director: Robert Siodmak
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Abigail Manette (Deanna Durbin) is a woman with a questionable past who owns a sleazy nightclub and is involved in a nefarious underworld. Her husband has been incarcerated for life on charges of murder and Abigail thinks he's safely locked away, but he's actually escaped and is on a jealous ..read more »

54% from 363 members

Hers To Hold on DVD (1943)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotton, Charles Winninger
Director: Frank Ryan
Certificate:
Wartime romantic comedy, featuring Durbin performing 'Say A Pray'r For The Boys Over There', 'Begin The Beguine', 'Pale Hands - Kashmiri Song' and 'The Seguidilla'.

53% from 92 members

The Amazing Mrs Holliday on DVD (1943)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald
Director: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir
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Deanna Durbin stars as the daughter of Christian Missionaries in war torn China in this moving and intensely dramatic film favourite. Forced to flee after the Japanese invaders arrive, Ruth Kirke (Deanna Durbin) tries to save as many orphaned Chinese children as she can. She bundles them on board ..read more »

59% from 127 members

First Love on DVD (1939)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Eqgene Pallette, Eugene Pallette
Director: Henry Koster
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In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school....

58% from 106 members

Three Smart Girls Grow Up on DVD (1939)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish
Director: Henry Koster
Certificate:
The smash hit sequel to Deanna Durbin's debut film 'Three Smart Girls', THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP saw Deanna once more taking on the role that made her name and singing her signature song "Because". Deanna stars as Penny Craig, the youngest of three sisters. When the handsome and debonair Richard ..read more »

62% from 83 members

That Certain Age on DVD (1938)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper
Director: Edward Ludwig
Certificate:
The Fullerton's, an affluent middle class American family, have the balance of their lifestyle upset when young Alice Fullerton falls in love with a talented news reporter invited to lodge in their house. Despite the efforts of her mother, father, boyfriend - and even the reporter himself - nothing ..read more »

61% from 103 members

Mad About Music on DVD (1938)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick
Director: Norman Taurog
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Deanna Durbin plays the neglected daughter of a film star kept from the press in a Swiss boarding school where she invents a handsome explorer father to impress her schoolmates. Pressed into proving he exists, she convinces a stranger who happens to be a composer to play the part of her father, ..read more »

61% from 157 members

One Hundred Men And A Girl on DVD (1937)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady
Director: Henry Koster
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An unemployed musician's daughter sets out to manage 100 out-of-work musicians. She is convinced that the only way to employ these men is by attracting a famous conductor to lead the orchestra. She sets out on a mission to reel in a world-renowned maestro. After brushing off his rebuffs, she ..read more »

61% from 249 members

Three Smart Girls on DVD (1936)
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, Barbara Read
Director: Henry Koster
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Three sisters set off from Switzerland with their divorced mother to go to New York in order to stop their father marrying a calculating socialite...

60% from 179 members

His Butler's Sister on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Pat O'Brien
Director: Frank Borzage
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Deanna Durbin is at her most charming and sophisticated in this delightful wartime musical comedy of errors. Ann Carter (Durbin) is a small town girl who dreams of becoming a professional singer. Luck smiles on her when she goes to visit her stepbrother Martin (Pat O'Brien) in New York City. It ..read more »

67% from 172 members

Nice Girl? on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan
Director: William A. Seiter
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Set in small town America. Features the songs: 'Perhaps', 'Beneath The Lights Of Home', 'The Old Folks At Home', 'Love At Last' and 'Thank You, America'.

55% from 113 members

I'll Be Yours on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, William Bendix
Director: William A. Seiter
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Beautiful but inexperienced Louise Ginglebusher finds herself in over her head after she feels forced to invent a fictitious fiance when put under pressure by well-to-do businessman J. Conrad Nelson.

56% from 109 members

It Started With Eve on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings
Director: Henry Koster
Certificate:
Musical comedy, featuring Durbin performing 'Tchaikovsky Waltz', 'Clavelitos' and 'Going Home'.

68% from 131 members

Up In Central Park on DVD
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price
Director: William A. Seiter
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Set in New York in the 1880s, this drama tells the story of a young girl, fresh off the boat from Ireland.

56% from 100 members

Deanna Durbin facts

5 most recent films

For The Love Of Mary - 3.0 stars
Something In The Wind - 3.0 stars
Because Of Him - 3.0 stars
Lady On A Train - 3.0 stars
Can't Help Singing - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

It Started With Eve - 3.5 stars
His Butler's Sister - 3.5 stars
Three Smart Girls Grow Up - 3.0 stars
Mad About Music - 3.0 stars
That Certain Age - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hers To Hold - 2.5 stars
Christmas Holiday - 2.5 stars
Nice Girl? - 3.0 stars
Because Of Him - 3.0 stars
Up In Central Park - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Franchot Tone - 3 times - show films
Charles Winninger - 3 times - show films
Helen Parrish - 3 times - show films
Robert Cummings - 2 times - show films
Arthur Treacher - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Henry Koster - 5 times - show films
William A. Seiter - 3 times - show films
Frank Ryan - 2 times - show films
Edward Ludwig - 1 times - show films
Richard Wallace - 1 times - show films