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This blog was started in 2010 as a tribute to Deanna and her films. On this site you will find reviews, photos, articles, video clips, old time radio programs, news and more.

November 25, 2012

Complete Schedule for Deanna on the Big Screen!

For the complete schedule of films showing in December at the Stanford Theater: http://www.stanfordtheatre.org/calendars/Deanna%20Durbin.html ...

November 17, 2012

Coming in December to the Stanford Theater: the complete films of Deanna Durbin

According to the calendar of film screenings at Stanford Theater in Palo Alto, California, the Stanford will be showing a collection of Deanna Durbin films. Details are not available yet; the calendar only announces that staring in December we can expect "The Complete Films of Deanna Durbin", so it sounds like all 21 of her films will be shown throughout December 2012, to coincide with Ms Durbin's 91st birthday. I wish I lived close enough to attend...

October 4, 2012

Where to find Deanna Durbin's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

No trip to Hollywood California is complete without visiting Deanna Durbin's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Her star is located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, just a short walk from the Hollywood/Vine Metro train stop.  The exact location is 1722 Vine Street. It is on the East side of the street.  The exact date the star was unveiled is unknown. Undoubtedly it was one of the original...

April 26, 2012

Patrick The Great (1945): Durbin's Hand-Me-Down to Donald O'Connor

Deanna Durbin's playful romp It's A Date (1940) at Universal Studios is an original story written by Ralph Block, Jane Hall and Frederick Kohner. MGM famously remade the vehicle for Jane Powell in Nancy Goes to Rio (1950). Between these two releases, in 1945, another remake was released from Durbin's studio - Patrick The Great. It's the early 1940s and vaudevillian actor, dancer and movie sensation, Donald O'Connor, is joining the war effort....

January 15, 2012

Fans from Milwaukee, Wisconsin can see Deanna on the big screen in March

If you live in or near Milwaukee Wisconsin USA, you will have a chance to see Deanna on the big screen in the movie First Love when it screens in March at the Charles Allis Art Museum.  Film Historian Dale Kuntz has an entire series planned on 1930s musicals, and First Love is part of the series! He will lecture on the film and there will be a discussion afterward. More information here: http://www.charlesallis.org/movietime.htm...