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29 de mar. de 2024 · by Jennie Johanson Maria Callas. Anne Frank. Adolf Hitler. Mel Torme. Winston Churchill. What did all of these people have in common? They were all ardent fans of Deanna Durbin. Who is this person who could awaken admiration from such diverse people? Born in Winnipeg, Canada to English parents on December 4th, 1921 “Edna Mae” Durbin was the youngest child of…
2 de abr. de 2024 · Vintage Review of Up in Central Park, a 1948 film inspired by a true story and starring Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes and Vincent Price.
2 de abr. de 2024 · Durbin certainly left her mark on the film industry and I know her films are some of my favorites from the golden age of cinema. It’s been enlightening to re-watch them all as an adult. The humor is one of the best things about this era and of course, watching a star who had played the “sweet, wholesale” character get some saucy one-liners was even more fun.
3 de abr. de 2024 · ‘Sonata di Picerno’ – completed in 2015 and dedicated to Italian guitarist Christian Saggese – is a musical portrait of the distinctive town of Picerno in the beautiful Basilicata region of Italy. All three of its movements narrate an entirely fictional leyenda (legend).
29 de mar. de 2024 · From her first appearance on the silver screen in 1936 in Three Smart Girls (the film that would save Universal from bankruptcy), Deanna Durbin was America’s sweetheart. Among her legions of fans were Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland and Winston Churchill! Deanna retired in 1948 to pursue a normal life and the studio sought to find…
3 de abr. de 2024 · Deanna Durbin dies at 91: One of the top stars of Hollywood’s studio era. According to Hollywood lore, teen star Deanna Durbin saved Universal Pictures from bankruptcy in the mid-’30s, when her movies earned the Great Depression-hit studio some much-needed millions. The story may seem like an exaggeration, but in fact future Universal ...
1 de abr. de 2024 · Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick. 21 votes. Released: 1938. Directed by: Norman Taurog. In this musical, Gloria Harkinson (Deanna Durbin), the daughter of a widowed film star (Gail Patrick), is a boarding school girl with a big imagination.
