Product Details

• Actors: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Eugene Pallette, Henry Stephenson
• Directors: William A. Seiter
• Writers: Frederick Kohner, Jane Hall, Norman Krasna, Ralph Block
• Producers: Joe Pasternak
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630212056X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #13,546 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Talented Miss Durbin, July 6, 2009

By	Samantha Kelley "Maliejandra" (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Pamela Drake (Deanna Durbin) aspires to be a great actress like her mother Georgia (Kay Francis) and her grandmother before. She knows how to make a grand entrance to a party and can talk herself into parts all wrong for her type. She's a truly talented girl with a wonderful singing voice. But the roles she most covets are those that are usually given to her mother who by now is getting too old to play certain parts.

By chance, two important theatrical men see Pamela in a small-scale production. She wows them (and us) with her gorgeous rendition of the bittersweet "Loch Lomond" and is given the part that her mother expected to get. She is told to go away alone, to learn her script through and through, and when she arrives in Hawaii, she will be greeted with an acting coach to make her ready for the legitimate stage. On the boat, she is romanced by the persistent John Arlen (Walter Pidgeon). But it turns out that although he originally had eyes for Pamela, his heart is with Georgia.

This is a delightful comedy with several wonderful musical sequences. Durbin carries the film on her talented shoulders and makes us laugh with her outrageous overacting and ache with her sensitivity. She runs the gamut in It's a Date and upstages her seasoned co-stars.

5.0 out of 5 stars Deanna Durbin Classic, May 28, 2009

By	L. K Reyes (Warrenton, Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This movie stars Deanna Durbin and the plot involves a Mother and Daughter who by mistaken chance are vying for the same part in a play. The Mother is a known and established actress and Deanna Durbin portrays a girl who is trying to become an actress. The love interest is especially handsome for the time period. While the ending does seem a little bit melancholy, the film is nonetheless pleasant.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, October 26, 1999

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Deanna Durbin and Kay Frances make a good daughter-mother team in this quite confused film which is fun enough, though it quietly dissolves into vague intentions. The last scene--Durbin as Saint Anne singing "Ave Maria"-- has nothing to do with ANYTHING which precedes and totally mismatches the mood of the film (or the play about Saint Anne Durbin is supposed to be starring in). What WERE they thinking?