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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.

June 30, 2014

Rare video clip of Deanna receiving her honorary Oscar

This is a rare, hard to find video clip of the actual newsreel footage from February 1939.  Deanna receives her miniature Oscar from none other than Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy. ...

April 7, 2014

TCM Remembers Mickey Rooney

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January 26, 2014

Blog Link: review of Because of Him

MC of the blog Happy Thoughts Darling posted a review of Because of Him recently.  Check out the review here Don't forget to subscribe to Happy Thoughts Darling...

August 11, 2013

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Art Museum to screen Lady on A Train in December

According to the schedule posted on the Charles Allis Art Museum's website,  Lady on a Train will be this year's Christmas movie screened on December 4,  2013. The Charles Allis Art Museum is located at 1801 N. Prospect in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee Film Historian - and lifelong Deanna Durbin fan -  Dale Kuntz will be hosting the screening beginning at 7:30 PM. ...

June 29, 2013

Deanna Movie Posters on Display at the Stanford Theater

Earlier this month while visiting the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto, I was delighted to see  12 full-size Deanna posters hanging on the wall of the main gallery (a Deanna film fest took place at the theater last winter). When you see these magnificent posters close-up, there's no doubting the star power of Deanna Durbin. Here's a favorite of many: Lady on a Train Here's Deanna's earliest film: Three Smart Girls It's...

May 5, 2013

The Guardian: France remembers Deanna

The website for The Guardian (France Edition) featured the news of Deanna's passing at the very top of their website this week. This was the only major news website that featured the news about Deanna so prominently.  See below - taken from my iPad.  Source: The Guardian (Accessed 5-1-13) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/france Deanna lived in France for most of her life, and was married to French filmmaker Charles David...

May 4, 2013

Deanna honored at Boot Hill (blog)

In the old west, cemeteries in the western United States were often known by the name "Boot Hill". The blog Boot Hill remembers all those associated with Western films, and honors them when they pass away. Though Deanna's only Western film was Can't Help Singing, she has nonetheless earned her place in Boot Hill.   Visit Deanna's spot here Boot Hill Graveyard in Tombstone, AZ (194...

May 3, 2013

The Telegraph remembers Deanna

The Telegraph's  David Gritten pays tribute to Deanna here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10030616/Deanna-Durbin-the-public-flocked-to-her-films.html, and notes that she lived a long, full life – but the period of her success as a star lasted barely six years. ...