Product Details

• Actors: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, William Frawley
• Directors: Norman Taurog
• Writers: Agnes Christine Johnston, Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson, Frederick Kohner, Jack Mintz
• Producers: Joe Pasternak
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: November 27, 1996
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303929982
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,020 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mad About Deanna, October 23, 1999

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Jim Andrews "Wayne Brasler" (Chicago, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad about Music [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Durbin's best film, a totally illogical piece of nonsense set at a totally impossible girls' school in a Switzerland which only has existed in gingerbread houses. Parts of the school look like it was designed for the Seven Dwarfs. The plot, which has Deanna raised apart from her movie star mom who doesn't dare let the world know--gasp!--she has a teenaged daughter, makes NO sense at any level. Playing the mom, Gail Patrick looks like she's about to pause at any second, look straight at the camera and say, "How the Hell am I supposed to play this poor woman--she's an idiot and I'm obviously supposed to make her sympathetic." Durbin is darling, delightful, all pep and carbonation, and sings like an angel. She suffers beautifully when she suffers and can ride a bike and give out with the vocals at the same time (!). I love this totally screwy film. Did ANYONE believe ANY of it when it came out? Dunno but it was a GIGANTIC hit.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Durbin's Best, May 20, 2006

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R. Christenson "SpaceComics.com" (Pine, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mad about Music [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Mad About Music is one of Deanna Durbin's best films.
Durbin plays the daughter of a middle aged movie star, and to protect her mother's youthful image, she's sent to a girl's school in Switzerland. Here she writes herself phony letters from her imaginary father, a heroic explorer and game hunter. When a stranger (Herbert Marshall) comes to town she pretends he's her dad, to satsify her doubtful shoolmates. It's a typical comedy plot that gets a bit moving near the end, but Durbin's fine singing raises it above the level of the plot. In one of my favorite scenes she's about the get thrown off a train, and sings loudly to attract attention.

4.0 out of 5 stars Mad about Deanna!, November 20, 2009

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movie lady - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mad about Music [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of the first teen films with the mean girl, the good girl, an unlikely plot, very good songs, and a happy ending!