tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33738616695808431042024-02-02T08:17:39.096-08:00The Amazing Deanna DurbinTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-85098281077611333152014-06-30T21:15:00.001-07:002014-06-30T21:15:41.241-07:00Rare video clip of Deanna receiving her honorary Oscar<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Deanna</b> receives her miniature Oscar from none other than <b>Edgar Bergan</b> and <b>Charlie McCarthy.</b></div>
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Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-56022132142309560272014-04-07T20:24:00.000-07:002014-04-07T20:24:00.505-07:00TCM Remembers Mickey Rooney<div style="text-align: center;">
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Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-78141129673726750622014-01-26T11:28:00.003-08:002014-01-26T11:34:15.167-08:00Blog Link: review of Because of Him<div style="text-align: center;">
MC of the blog <i><a href="http://happythoughtsdarling.wordpress.com/">Happy Thoughts Darling</a></i> posted a review of <i>Because of Him</i> recently. </div>
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Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-11541638086505296262013-08-11T09:36:00.003-07:002013-08-11T09:36:55.506-07:00Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Art Museum to screen Lady on A Train in DecemberAccording to <a href="http://www.charlesallis.org/movietime.html">the schedule posted on the Charles Allis Art Museum's website</a>, <i>Lady on a Train</i> will be this year's Christmas movie screened on December 4, 2013.<br />
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The Charles Allis Art Museum is located at 1801 N. Prospect in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<br />
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Milwaukee Film Historian - and lifelong Deanna Durbin fan - Dale Kuntz will be hosting the screening beginning at 7:30 PM.<br />
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When you see these magnificent posters close-up, there's no doubting the star power of Deanna Durbin.</div>
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Here's a favorite of many: <em>Lady on a Train</em></div>
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Here's Deanna's earliest film: <em>Three Smart Girls</em></div>
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Thank you, Stanford Theater, for displaying these wonderful posters of Deanna.</div>
<br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-18494928447915618312013-05-05T09:27:00.002-07:002013-05-05T09:29:21.291-07:00The Guardian: France remembers Deanna The website for <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/france"><i>The Guardian</i> (France Edition)</a> featured the news of Deanna's passing at the <i><b>very top</b></i> of their website this week. This was the only major news website that featured the news about Deanna so prominently. See below - taken <span style="text-align: center;">from my </span>iPad<span style="text-align: center;">. </span><br />
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Deanna lived in France for most of her life, and was married to French filmmaker Charles David for five decades.<br />
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As of May 5, 2013, the link to Deanna's obituary is still on the main news page, but you have to scroll down a little bit more - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/france">check out the main page here.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/may/01/deanna-durbin">Here's a link to the Full Story on The Guardian</a>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-50947054326104728142013-05-04T09:04:00.002-07:002013-05-04T09:15:13.059-07:00Deanna honored at Boot Hill (blog)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the old west, cemeteries in the western United States were often known by the name "Boot Hill".<br />
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The blog <i><b><a href="http://westernboothill.blogspot.com/">Boot Hill </a></b></i>remembers all those associated with Western films, and honors them when they pass away.<br />
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Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-50031822806604853792013-05-03T07:20:00.005-07:002013-05-04T09:15:55.187-07:00The Telegraph remembers Deanna<i>The Telegraph</i>'s David Gritten pays tribute to Deanna here: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10030616/Deanna-Durbin-the-public-flocked-to-her-films.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10030616/Deanna-Durbin-the-public-flocked-to-her-films.html</a>, and notes that she lived a long, full life – but the period of her success as a star lasted barely six years.<br />
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<br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-80528836269953208002013-05-02T19:06:00.001-07:002013-05-04T09:16:06.312-07:00Leonard Maltin remembers Deanna <div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-79990215851907432992013-05-02T06:00:00.000-07:002013-05-04T09:16:58.573-07:00NPR remembers DeannaThe May 1, 2013 edition of <i>All Things Considered </i>featured a tribute to Deanna, and played some clips of her movies and her singing.<br />
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Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-51886813663746984592013-05-01T22:03:00.003-07:002013-05-04T09:16:36.748-07:00The Winnipeg Sun remembers Deanna<i>The Winnipeg Sun</i> featured <b>Deanna</b> on the front of their news page today. She is fondly remembered as "Winnipeg's Sweetheart". <a href="http://www.winnipegsun.com/2013/05/01/winnipegs-sweetheart-deanna-durbin-dead-at-91">Read the news piece here</a><br />
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Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-4828981155941660312012-11-25T18:58:00.005-08:002012-11-25T18:58:56.619-08:00Complete Schedule for Deanna on the Big Screen!For the complete schedule of films showing in December at the Stanford Theater:<br />
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Her star is located near the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, just a short walk from the Hollywood/Vine Metro train stop. </div>
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<br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-69928127855689948712012-04-26T22:56:00.000-07:002012-04-26T22:59:49.186-07:00Patrick The Great (1945): Durbin's Hand-Me-Down to Donald O'Connor<b>Deanna Durbin</b>'s playful romp<a href="http://amazingdeanna.blogspot.com/2011/10/its-date-1940.html" target="_blank"> <b><i>It's A Date </i>(1940)</b></a> at Universal Studios is an original story written by Ralph Block, Jane Hall and Frederick Kohner. MGM famously remade the vehicle for <b>Jane Powell</b> in <b><i>Nancy Goes to Rio </i>(1950)</b>. Between these two releases, in 1945, another remake was released from Durbin's studio - <b><i>Patrick The Great</i>. </b><br />
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It's the early 1940s and vaudevillian actor, dancer and movie sensation, <b>Donald O'Connor</b>, is joining the war effort. Universal will soon be without one half of a popular duo (the <b>Mickey Rooney </b>and <b>Judy Garland</b> of the lot) - O'Connor and <b>Peggy Ryan</b>. To quell potential rioting of teens at the thought of never seeing their dreamboat onscreen again, and to squeeze as much revenue out of this entertainer as they can before his youth and fame (and possibly, his life) are gone, studio bosses slap together several O'Connor films to be rationed throughout the emergency like meat or vegetables.<br />
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According to the <a href="http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=24526%20" target="_blank">American Film Institute</a>, the last of these short order films boasts a production date of mid-October 1943 to mid-November 1943, and was released two years later. Considering that Durbin [who would later work with O'Connor after the war in <b><i>Something In the Wind </i>(1947)</b>] played in the original a scant three years prior to the remake's production schedule, Universal seems to have been scrambling for material.<br />
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The original story makes the gender switch well. Instead of a girl and her actress mother inadvertently vying for the same Broadway role, it's a fellow and his father (<b>Donald Cook</b>). <b><i><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F04E3DB173BEE3BBC4B52DFB266838E659EDE" target="_blank">New York Times</a></i></b> critic Bosley Crowther deems the film "promising" but ultimately disappointing and "all too familiar." The critic goes on to call O' Connor's aggressive manner "irritating," but he couldn't be farther from the truth. This rehashed story is redeemed by Ryan's and O' Connor's vivacity and charm.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Originally posted at <a href="http://javabeanrush.blogspot.com/2012/04/patrick-great-1945-donald-oconnor-gets.html">Java's Journey </a></i></span></div>JavaBeanRushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-36553208873354880192012-01-15T07:39:00.000-08:002012-01-15T07:41:39.810-08:00Fans from Milwaukee, Wisconsin can see Deanna on the big screen in MarchIf you live in or near Milwaukee Wisconsin USA, you will have a chance to see Deanna on the big screen in the movie <i>First Love</i> when it screens in March at the Charles Allis Art Museum. Film Historian Dale Kuntz has an entire series planned on 1930s musicals, and <i>First Love</i> is part of the series! He will lecture on the film and there will be a discussion afterward.<br />
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<br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-21213758512082647152011-12-04T06:35:00.001-08:002011-12-08T18:25:04.112-08:00Happy Birthday Deanna!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a wonderful birthday series going on at the blog West End Dumplings:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/12/deanna-part-2.html">Go to Part 2</a>: A smashing career (1936 - 1949)<br /><a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/12/durbin-3.html">Go to Part 3: </a>Whatever happened to Winnepeg's Sweetheart?</span></div>
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Deanna's 26th Birthday in 1947 took place on the set of <i>Up in Central Park.</i>Co-star<b> Albert Sharpe </b>(right) looks on as Deanna blows out the candles on her carousel-shaped cake.<br />
<br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-46864888550997401002011-12-01T19:39:00.000-08:002011-12-01T19:39:41.480-08:00West End Dumplings: Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg's Sweetheart, Turns 90 !<a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/12/deanna.html">Click here</a> to read a wonderful 90th birthday post <div>from Christian Cassidy of the blog West End Dumplings:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2011/12/deanna.html?spref=bl">West End Dumplings: Deanna Durbin, Winnipeg's Sweetheart, Turns 90 !</a>: December 4, 1947, Winnipeg Free Press On December 4, 1921 Edna Mae Durbin , was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba . <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjs5CSouyP-uHenlDOCxzY-ky5iO1UL3ITQbqGw3j7t_wEz-vXSU5dxS_iA_IqzVRAG_0bi-VTmvOlLebu-W7tFSNy98roROsRIAJ0IBQrMAP3DYJQgY4oaYYyQH5_yRy8cD7Rt1V8IeSK/s320/durbin1.jpg" /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-50545115458426311452011-11-27T18:45:00.000-08:002011-11-27T18:45:55.140-08:00"Christmas Holiday" shows this Fri in LA<div>Thanks <a href="http://laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com/">Laura</a> for the reminder that <i>Christmas Holiday</i> will be</div><div>showing this Friday night at the <b>Aero Theater</b> in Los Angeles,</div><div>a great theater (I've been there) that screens classics year-round.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you live in the Los Angeles/Southern California area, well worth checking out,</div><div>and a nice way to celebrate Deanna's 90th birthday!</div><div><br /></div><div>Check out the link here for more details:</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/christmas-holiday-comfort-and-joy">CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY / COMFORT AND JOY | American Cinematheque</a><div><br /></div><div><div>Aero Theatre</div><div>1328 Montana Avenue,</div><div>Santa Monica, CA 90403</div><div><br /></div><div>Fri, December 2 </div><div>7:30pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Tickets are $11 General Admission, with reduced rates for students and seniors. </div></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-59833320590381878382011-10-27T18:46:00.000-07:002011-10-27T18:46:00.783-07:00Time Machine to the Twenties: Visit Deanna Durbin's House - Part 2<a href="http://flapperdays.blogspot.com/2011/10/visit-deanna-durbins-house-part-2.html?spref=bl">Time Machine to the Twenties: Visit Deanna Durbin's House - Part 2</a>: And now, it's back to visit with the lovely Deanna Durbin: Gorgeous Living Room Hear Deanna Play Perhaps She Might Even Sing f...Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-91087810789429129242011-10-25T19:05:00.000-07:002011-10-25T19:05:43.347-07:00Link: A Visit to Deanna Durbin's House - Part 1 (Time Machine to the Twenties)Amanda shared some great photos of Deanna's Hollywood home from LIFE. Check them out here:<br />
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<a href="http://flapperdays.blogspot.com/2011/10/visit-to-deanna-durbins-house-part-1.html?spref=bl">Time Machine to the Twenties: A Visit to Deanna Durbin's House - Part 1</a>: Welcome to Deanna Durbin's House! The View from the Exterior is Lovely Deanna Humbly Welcomes You Lovely Stonework ...</div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212743923364795680noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-7498916902260497532011-10-21T06:51:00.000-07:002011-10-21T06:54:07.340-07:00More Deanna artwork<object height="536" width="450"><param name="movie" value="http://backend.deviantart.com/embed/view.swf" />
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Classic movie fans often bemoan the lack of discretion and innocence in films today. This was also the case in 1987 when Hollywood journalist and reporter to the stars <b>Vernon Scott </b>used <b>Deanna Durbin</b>'s public persona as a comparative study with then-sensation teen actress <b>Molly Ringwald</b>. Here is the article:<br />
<blockquote>October 6, 1987<br />
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NOWADAYS, A KISS IS JUST A KISS<br />
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Author: Vernon Scott, United Press International<br />
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Edition: FIRST<br />
Section: ARTS AND FILM<br />
Page: 71<br />
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HOLLYWOOD -- The movies have been a real social barometer in the past<br />
50 years when it comes to sexual sophistication, especially among the<br />
young.<br />
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Take the cases of Deanna Durbin, one of the top box-office stars of<br />
the 1930s, and Molly Ringwald, one of today's major young actresses.<br />
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Durbin, a musical star of such films as "Three Smart Girls," "Mad<br />
About Music" and "Spring Parade," was a fresh-faced beauty who<br />
specialized in playing sweet, innocent characters.<br />
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Ringwald, the star of "Sixteen Candles," "Pretty in Pink" and "The<br />
Breakfast Club," was cast the same way in all three films directed by<br />
her former mentor, John Hughes.<br />
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Both actresses epitomized virtue and innocence, until they turned 19.**<br />
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In 1939, Durbin received her first screen kiss, from romantic bounder<br />
Robert Stack in "First Love," and it was the smack heard round the<br />
world.<br />
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Universal Studios trumpeted the news as if it were the start of World<br />
War II, newspapers and magazines covered the sensational smooch as a<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamtdRbttINnkU2u04w0pgjfm0bisVbkSECg_h-GsfmChvOEz9B1Pl91A0uJ458eHfmqIBS24zoEO4ibRmf98yPIS3uz71Uz4bnO8ic8l7YFGNyq52_xvuUPS3CZdzASdwmW9XyZVSDtCH/s1600/deanna+durbin+first+love.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamtdRbttINnkU2u04w0pgjfm0bisVbkSECg_h-GsfmChvOEz9B1Pl91A0uJ458eHfmqIBS24zoEO4ibRmf98yPIS3uz71Uz4bnO8ic8l7YFGNyq52_xvuUPS3CZdzASdwmW9XyZVSDtCH/s1600/deanna+durbin+first+love.jpg" /></a><br />
major news event.<br />
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Stack became an overnight celebrity and, in fact, can trace much of<br />
his long and successful career to that memorable kiss.<br />
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Dissolve to 1987, and it's more than kissing on the screen. In her<br />
new movie, "The Pick-Up Artist" now playing in Boston at the Charles<br />
and suburban cinemas, Ringwald is seduced in the back of an<br />
automobile, a scene handled discreetly through dialogue.<br />
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However, while Durbin's kiss was headline material in 1939,<br />
Ringwald's loss of innocence has not raised an eyebrow, illustrating<br />
how far -- or how jaded -- we've become as moviegoers.<br />
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Stack was charmingly gallant about his stolen kiss back then, but<br />
Robert Downey, the cad who seduces Ringwald, is filled with disbelief<br />
when told of the stir made over Durbin's first kiss.<br />
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"A kiss doesn't mean much today," said Downey in an interview at a<br />
Beverly Hills restaurant. "And it's no big deal about Molly losing<br />
her virginity in a movie. She's not supposed to be a virgin when my<br />
character meets her in the story. Or at least she's not a novice.<br />
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"Come to think of it, we only have one kiss in the film, and in the<br />
seduction scene we're fully clothed," he said. "Girls at 19 today<br />
must be different on and off the screen compared to what they were 50<br />
years ago. Molly is 19 and the last I heard she was dating Adam<br />
Horowitz, one of the Beastie Boys."<br />
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Until "The Pick-Up Artist," Downey, 22, had played secondary roles in<br />
such films as "Weird Science" and "Back to School." In his first<br />
costarring part, he was filled with admiration for Ringwald's<br />
professionalism.<br />
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"She's a very fine actress," he said. "Really on top of it. Few young<br />
actors are as focused as she is. You've gotta keep eye contact with<br />
her or you lose it in a hurry.<br />
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"Molly is always right on the ball, and if I missed a beat and the<br />
scene dropped, she was aware of it and let me know.<br />
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"I was a little paranoid when we started the picture because my part<br />
was so much bigger than I had played before. But I took the pressure<br />
off by telling myself I was a supporting player. It was a trick that<br />
worked for me.<br />
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"And I learned a lot watching Molly. She keeps growing as a person<br />
and as an actress."<br />
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Downey also is doing some growing also. A onetime regular<br />
on "Saturday Night Live," he will be seen later this year starring as<br />
a drug-addicted teen-ager in "Less than Zero."<br />
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At the end of the conversation, Downey still seemed a little confused<br />
about one thing. "I still don't understand what the big deal was<br />
about a girl getting kissed in a movie for the first time," he said.</blockquote>JavaBeanRushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05653117187583244224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373861669580843104.post-70232667842530170532011-10-16T18:24:00.000-07:002011-10-16T18:29:02.055-07:00It’s a Date (1940)<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq2bq_0rAtWEu_R9rmjDvn9pFxGCGVkzPIByVYEDYMhpECppgPf4xTOuABltVJRYSXU2cgnELZgHwbMXe9T-RIlK6opKkDQQ3CqGpHvMa6uh65C6Gv6hOGHkgpF7QZwdPIKWAYiLfYeEh/s1600/It%2527s+a+Date+-+Triangle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPq2bq_0rAtWEu_R9rmjDvn9pFxGCGVkzPIByVYEDYMhpECppgPf4xTOuABltVJRYSXU2cgnELZgHwbMXe9T-RIlK6opKkDQQ3CqGpHvMa6uh65C6Gv6hOGHkgpF7QZwdPIKWAYiLfYeEh/s400/It%2527s+a+Date+-+Triangle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Deanna Durbin</b> plays Pamela, the aspiring thespian daughter to Broadway actress Georgia Drake (<b>Kay Francis</b>). Mother and daughter unknowingly vie for the same part in a play and also for the affections of the same man (<b>Walter Pidgeon</b>). It's a thin plot, but Ms. Durbin and the rest are charming as ever.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Director <b>William Seiter</b> held the reigns for <i>It’s A Date</i>. Seiter’s catalog includes directing Shirley Temple films and early Fred Astaire musicals, such as <i>Roberta</i> (1935) and <i>You Were Never Lovelier </i>(1942). <b>Norman Krasna</b> penned the screen play based on original stories by Ralph J. Block, Jane Hall and <b>Frederick Kohner</b>. Kohner would later write a novel about another charismatic fictional teen, which would become a series of movies and a television show – <i>Gidget</i>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deanna Durbin and Kay Francis</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ms. Durbin’s costars from <i><a href="http://amazingdeanna.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-love-1939.html"><b>First Love</b></a></i> (1939) – Lee Howard and Eugene Pallette- reappear to round out the comic supporting cast. Hungarian character actor <b>S. Z. Sakall </b>shines in this his Hollywood film debut. Sakall would play the baker Teschek in another of Ms. Durbin’s films,<a href="http://amazingdeanna.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-parade-1940.html"><i> Spring Parade</i></a>(1940).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Frank S. Nugent of <i>The New York Times</i> is enamored of Deanna Durbin and states that it is her winning personality and “young-girlish magic” which overcome the “slightness and fragility ” of the plot, and make <i>It’s A Date</i> a “practically compulsory rendezvous.” The trailer for the movie bears this same sentiment. It simply repeats the star’s name and the title for the show allowing barely a hint at the plot. Ms. Durbin was so popular by this point, the public would gobble up just about anything in which the megastar was featured.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deanna Durbin and Lee Howard</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b>Songs</b></u> (Those performed by Deanna Durbin are in boldface): </div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"Gypsy Lullaby" (Unknown) </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"<b>Love is All</b>" (Tomlin, Tobias) </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"<b>Loch Lomond</b>" (Traditional)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"It Happened in Kaloha" (Freed, Skinner) </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"<b>Musetta's Waltz Song</b>" (Puccini) </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"Rhythm of the Islands" (Cherkose, Belasco, Press) </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>"<b>Ave Maria</b>" (Schubert) </li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><u><b><span style="font-family: "Fitzgerald","serif";">Cast:</span></b></u> <br />
Deanna Durbin as Pamela Drake, Kay Francis...Georgia Drake, Walter Pidgeon...John Arlen, Eugene Pallette...Governor Allen, Henry Stephenson...Captain Andrew, Cecilia Loftus...Sara Frankenstein, Samuel S. Hinds...Sidney Simpson, Lewis Howard...Freddie Miller, S.Z. Sakall...Carl Ober, Fritz Feld...Headwaiter, Virginia Brissac...Miss Holden, Romaine Callender...Evans, Joe King...First Mate Kelly, Mary Kelley...Governor's Wife, Eddie Polo...Quarter-Master, Harry Owens and his Royal Hawaiians...Themselves <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Further Information</span></b></u></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUMLK20X8Jo&feature=related">original trailer for <i>It’s A Date</i>(1940) </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">View the <a href="http://www.deannadurbindevotees.com/t54-it-s-a-date"><i>It’s A Date</i> photo collection </a>at The Deanna Durbin Devotees Forum </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Read <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D00E0DB1130E53ABC4B51DFB566838B659EDE"><i>The New York Times</i> Review</a> of <i>It’s A Date</i> (1940)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Joseph Pasternak, producer at Universal Studios, brought the rights for <i>It’s a Date</i> (1940) to his new studio, MGM after Ms. Durbin retired. The film was remade as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042779/"><i>Nancy Goes To Rio</i></a> (1950) for another singing teen star, Jane Powell.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></li>
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