I have been enjoying Christmas and the New Year!
How was your Christmas?
I got some Deanna Durbin movies!
I just discovered Deanna Durbin last year, and she is already one of my favorite actresses/singers!
And some of her movies are my favorites!!
Though there are only a couple of her movies that were made after 1940 that I like.
BornEdna Mae Durbin December 4, 1921 (1921-12-04)
Southern California-raised retired singer and actress, who appeared in a number of musical films in the 1930s and 1940s singing standards as well as operatic arias.
Durbin made her first film appearance in 1936 with Judy Garland in Every Sunday, and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios.
Durbin made her first film appearance in 1936 with Judy Garland in Every Sunday, and subsequently signed a contract with Universal Studios.
In 1936, Durbin auditioned to provide the vocals for Snow White in Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but was ultimately rejected by Walt Disney, who declared the 15 year old Durbin's voice "too old" for the part.
Her success as the ideal teenage daughter in films such as Three Smart Girls (1936) was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy.[1] In 1938 Durbin was awarded the Academy Juvenile Award.
Her success as the ideal teenage daughter in films such as Three Smart Girls (1936) was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy.[1] In 1938 Durbin was awarded the Academy Juvenile Award.
Later, as she matured, Durbin grew dissatisfied with the girl-next-door roles assigned to her, and attempted to portray a more womanly and sophisticated style. The film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945) were, however, not as well received as her musical-comedies and romances had been.
Durbin withdrew from Hollywood and retired from acting and singing in 1949. She married film producer-director Charles Henri David in 1950, and the couple moved to a farmhouse in the outskirts of Paris. Since then she has withdrawn from public life.
Durbin withdrew from Hollywood and retired from acting and singing in 1949. She married film producer-director Charles Henri David in 1950, and the couple moved to a farmhouse in the outskirts of Paris. Since then she has withdrawn from public life.
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Marcia Mae Jones and Deanna Durbin in "Mad About Music". (The first Deanna Durbin movie I watched!)
Deanna Durbin in "Three Smart Girls Grow Up"(the sequel to "Three Smart Girls"). And one of my two favorite Deanna Durbin movies!
Deanna D. in "First Love", my other favorite Deanna D. movie! Funny that they were made the same year.
Deanna D. and Walter Pidgeon in a publicity shot for "It's a Date".
Deanna Durbin singing in "It Started With Eve".
Deanna D. in "Can't Help Singing". The only technicolor film she made. And Walter Plunkett designed the costumes! (He's my favorite costume designer, in case you didn't know)
Deanna Durbin publicity shot for "For the Love of Mary". Her last movie.
Deanna Durbin(or Edna Mae Durbin!)singing at age 13 on her first radio appearance!
These are a few of my favorite songs she sings...
Singing "I love to whistle!" in "Mad About Music"
Deanna Durbin singing in "Three Smart Girls Grow Up"
Warning!! This is the finish to "Three Smart Girls Grow Up" in case you haven't seen it, don't watch it!
Singing in "Can't Help Singing"!
I love her! She has a great voice!!
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