This is a tribute to a great lady singer.
Edna Mae (Deanna) Durbin
Who passed away on April 20th of this year.
I’ve always enjoyed her singing and films. She didn’t like the character Deanna and escaped the studio film industry to become a wife and a mother, you know, a real person. But she left behind a great work of inspirational films. I’ve spend hours the last several months watching as many as I could find on You Tube; even those that had Russian dubbed overs.
I’ve watched some many times. But dislike the ads, the parts, and all the other annoyances of the internet while enjoying the films and her fabulous and inspiring voice.
Now there is a great solution for fans like myself.
Here we go! Get you own copies of her films.
This one includes: Three Smart Girls( three sisters save their parents’ marriage), Something in the Wind(Deanna and Donald O’Conner both sing the Turntable song-a DJ classic), First Love(a modern day Cinderella type story), It Started with Eve(a cute romance), Can’t Help Singing(a musical tale set in the old west-filmed in Southern Utah and the only Durbin film done in Technicolor as the producers said they couldn’t afford both Durbin and color), Lady on a Train(a comical who done it mystery).
I bought this one.
Or this is in my mind the best of them all. The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (Eight orphans, a sea captain, and romance set in WWII)
Just click on the name and be taken to Amazon where you can purchase a copy of that collection or browse for any of her films.
Go now and start to get to know her. I’m sure she’ll be smiling in heaven.
Catch you next time.
