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His Butler’s Sister (1943) Frank Borzage, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Pat O’Brien
A young girl visits New York for two reasons: to see her half-brother, and to try to start a musical career. Read More »
That Certain Age (1938) Edward Ludwig, Deanna Durbin, Melvyn Douglas, Jackie Cooper
Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. Read More »
Christmas Holiday (1944) Robert Siodmak, Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the wealthy man she married is an incorrigible wastrel. Read More »
Can’t Help Singing (1944) Frank Ryan, Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost’s singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer Read More »
Lady on a Train (1945) Charles David, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton
While waiting at a train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder from a nearby building. Read More »
It’s a Date (1940) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. Read More »
For the Love of Mary (1948) Frederick De Cordova, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Don Taylor
Mary Peppertree, a switchboard operator in the White House, is being courted by three men; Philip Manning, an attorney Read More »
Spring Parade (1940) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, Mischa Auer
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman(Deanna Durbin) attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. Read More »
Nice Girl? (1941) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan
A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Up in Central Park (1948) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Comedy, Musical
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City. Read More »
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Comedy, Drama
Making her first film appearance since 1941, Deanna Durbin plays the title role in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Truth to tell, however, there is no Mrs. Holliday: it’s the guise assumed by idealistic missionary Ruth (Durbin) to sneak a group of Chinese war orphans into the US. Read More »
Ill Be Yours (1947) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, William Bendix, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Louise Ginglebusher (Durbin) finds herself in New York City after leaving her small town to find work in the big smoke. Read More »
It Started with Eve (1941) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Robert Cummings, Comedy, Musical, Romance
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father’s last moments happy. Read More »
First Love (1939) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Comedy, Musical
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. Read More »