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Three Smart Girls Grow Up [Region 2]

6 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger

Sheer Fun
Once a young Deanna Durbin burst onto movie screens across America in "Three Smart Girls," saving Universal from bankruptcy, there was never any doubt that producer Joe Pasternak and director Henry Koster would bring the wonderful cast back for another go. In some ways, "Three Smart Girls Grow Up" is even more enjoyable than the original. The story is still innocent and fun-filled, but a bit less ...

Summer Stock

65 reviews
Erville Alderson, Nita Bieber

Warner Home Video, 2006

We Love Judy! And after this we Love Gene, too!
My 4 yr old son is in love with Judy Garland. She is immortal & ageless in films. He also Loves Elvis. We rented this film from our library soo many times that I decided it was time to purchase it! I love encouraging my children to see old films like this one. They don't make movie stars like they used to!

Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Pack (Three Smart Girls / Something In the Wind / First Love / It Started with Eve / ...

31 reviews
Deanna Durbin

Universal Studios, 2004

A Perfect Introduction- You'll Love Her!
Deanna Durbin was a big star for Paramount in the 1940s. She began as a child star; her first ever film was Every Sunday with Judy Garland. Durbin quickly became a star with her first film Three Smart Girls. From there, she made plenty of movies, most of them lighthearted with plenty of chances to show off her voice. Then, she left the business altogether and retired to France where she still ...

One Hundred Men and a Girl [Region 2]

8 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Leopold Stokowski

Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
A consortium of business types gathers in a Manhattan penthouse and sneers at the little people, a slightly overdrawn look at capitalism. These guys are so awful they make the capitalists in a Lars Von Trier film like MANDERLAY or DOGVILLE look like Albert Schweitzers. The fattest cat is John R. Frost, played by Eugene Pallette in an extremely broad mode, almost as though he were Tony Soprano ...

Lady on a Train [Region 2]

13 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy

Great cast perfoms well, comedy, music, and mystery all work
A gem of a comedy who-done-it, with 3 or 4 great songs beautifully performed by Deanna Durbin. The comedy and music don't interfere with the suspense that effectively leads to a surprise ending. There are a lot of familiar faces giving very good performances, including Ralph Bellamy (Ellery Queen, Trading Places), Dan Duryea (Black Angel, Scarlet Street), Allen Jenkins (Five Came Back), Edward ...

Three Smart Girls [Region 2]

7 reviews
Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger

"I'm Not a Gentleman, I'm a Father!"
Deanna Durbin simply burst on to the screen for the first time as Penny, the youngest of three sisters who attempt to break up their father's impending nuptuals so they can get him back together with their mother. This delightful romp made Deanna a star and saved Universal Studios from bankruptcy. The film itself moves at a breakneck pace, following Durbin's lead as she blows like a joyous and ...

Can't Help Singing [Region 2]

10 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige (IV)

As Happy as Heaven is Wide
If ever a film was filled with sheer joy, this is it. Technicolor only seemed to add to a film's quality in musicals like this one. Can't Help Singing was Deanna Durbin's only film in color and the vibrant hues are stunning as both Durbin and the outdoors have never been photographed so beautifully. The brilliance of the colors is striking and the story is fun and wonderful, making this not only ...

For the Love of Mary [Region 2]

5 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien

I love Mary!
Fans of Deanna's who say that her movies got her worse as she got older have opinions I can't agree with-because her last three films are my favorite. Something in the Wind has the best songs, Up In Central Park was her best musical, and For the Love of Mary is my favorite romcom. From the moment it began I was intrigued not only because it was her last film but because it had gotten such bad ...

Because of Him [Region 2]

5 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone

Fun Deanna Film
The always wonderful Deanna Durbin turns this mix of comedy and music into delightful and charming fun. It was the second time she and Charles Laughton would work together, leaving us a memory of what makes the movies great. Durbin once more exudes that something special that made her the great star she was. Kim Walker (Deanna Durbin) is a waitress trying to get her big break on stage and with ...

Christmas Holiday [Region 2]

2 reviews
Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly

Christmas Holiday with Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly
This is perhaps Deanna Durbin's finest acting in her brief career with Universal Studios. It is a film-noir with Deanna Durbin as a nightclub singer, married to a gambling murderer, Gene Kelly, pining her estrangement from her jailed husband. A young service man has just been jilted by his girlfriend as he is about to leave for a Christmas Holiday. He becomes entangled in the life of Deanna ...

That Certain Age [Region 2]

1 review
Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas

Track This One Down!
Deanna Durbin stars in yet another hit as Alice, a girl stuck between childhood and adulthood. One cannot ignore that these pre-teen or teenage years were treated a bit differently than when this film was made, so the kids might behave younger than they would in today's society, but they still deal with similar issues. For example, a writer friend of her father's comes to stay with the family. ...