D.J.. The New York Times's reviewer noted a "plot which leaks at every pore" but praised "the young-girlish magic which [Durbin] is able to evoke with her pretty personality and her phenomenal vocal cords". I was happy on the set. The film, combined with her appearance on Eddie Cantor's radio show in 1936, announced her as a new star. As she matured, Durbin grew dissatisfied with the girl-next-door roles assigned to her and attempted to move into sophisticated non-musical roles with film noir Christmas Holiday (1944) and the whodunit Lady on a Train (1945). Ive seen a couple of unflattering photos of her, dressed in a shapeless coat with an unattractive scarf on her head. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. [6], Durbin also continued to pursue singing projects. In It's a Date (1940), Kay Francis and Durbin played mother-and-daughter actors. He holds his PhD from Rutgers and was a former editor for the New York Daily News. 3, (Summer 1959): 180. They put me in the town jail for safety and to avoid the mob still waiting at the station, they flagged the train down in the middle of nowhere, where I got on safely., Just once was I seriously tempted (to return to performing), by the prospect of My Fair Lady on Broadway. [26] In private life, Durbin had continued to use her given name, Edna; salary figures printed annually by the Hollywood trade publications listed the actress as "Edna Mae Durbin, player". Her first screen kiss was described in a headline story across the continent. De Segurola was commissioned to advise the Metropolitan Opera on her progress. [6] According to the Social Security Death Index (under the name Edna M. David), she died on April 17, 2013[1][28] in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.[29]. She just wanted more say in her own films, but she couldnt. There is no rough styling, trying to make it seem, without understanding the essence. This was a great read! It turns out she simply enjoyed her private life. Do you remember actress Deanna Durbin? Singer Deanna Durbin Files Divorce Action: Film Actress Asks Daughter's Custody; Charges Mental Cruelty and Desertion Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The best part of the play, for me, was the question and answer session at the end. Family? Edna Mae's time in Canada, however, was brief. It was still in an embryonic state just a few songs completed when Alan Jay Lerner came to my home to play them for me. "Great post, very interesting too! Universal was going broke and the idea of a new star who had two very obvious advantages she had great talent and came very cheap was extremely tempting. In the film, Jane Barlow, ballerina and a student of Nijinska, was a body double for Durbin. Her husband has told journalists that "Mario Lanza pleaded with her for years to make a film with him. "Beneath The Lights Of Home" being the most requested record. She was young, beautiful, possessed all the glory of the world, but she preferred quietness, protection from reporters and insects. She really illuminated their lives by just answering audience questions. So, what happened? (LogOut/ Her major motion pictures were Three Smart Girls (1936), Mad About Music (1938) and That Certain Age (1938). Pasternak moved from Universal to MGM. Deanna Durbin was one of the famous children of Hollywood of that era.She starred in 20 films. Staying with him can only wreck your nervous system. This is the last known interview with the reclusive film star and recording artist before her death in . She is also referenced in the Glenn Miller WWII novelty song "Peggy the Pin-up Girl". For one thing, just take a look at my last four films and youll appreciate that the stories I had to defend were mediocre, near impossible. Universal cast Durbin in a film called Three Smart Girls (1936), about a trio of plucky sisters determined to reunite their estranged parents. [4], In early 1935, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was planning a biographical film on the life of opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink and was having difficulty finding an actress to play the young opera singer. Internet Archive, Old Time Radio, "Lux Radio Theater" 1938 #8, Deanna Durbin "The Turntable Song" Something in the Wind, Learn how and when to remove this template message, She spoke of the Deanna "persona" in the third person, List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees, Date of death of Edna David per Social Security Death Index, "U.S. Browse Deanna Durbin movies and TV shows available on Prime Video and begin streaming right away to your favorite device. Photograph: Everett/Rex. She wanted to take on different materials and pick her own directors. EMMY, EMMYS, and the Emmy Statuette are registered trademarks and/or copyrights Of ATAS and NATAS. The first time was at age 19 in 1941 to director Vaughn Paul. Impressive money could be made, too. Universal announced Durbin was to star in They Lived Alone, scheduled to be directed by Koster. But like with many child stars, Durbin eventually yearned for more. In the late 1930s and 1940s, Deanna and Judy, just teenagers, were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Most of these films had been produced by Felix Jackson, whom she married in August 1945; they welcomed their daughter, Jessica Louise, in February 1946. The play should be subtitled Show Biz History 101. Charles David died in 1999. That was a long time. Then in 1945, she tied the knot with 43-year-old producer Felix Jackson. INTERVIEW: DEANNA DURBIN - 1983. What makes Deanna Durbin's story different is that she was never comfortable with adulation. Durbin was also able to retool her second sequel to Three Smart Girls from Three Smart Girls Join Up to Hers to Hold (1943), revolving solely around her character. To me, it's already a miracle that you've been with him three years. This is the last known interview with the reclusive film star and recording artist before her death in April of 2013. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, The problem of keeping normal in Hollywood doesn't seem so uncomplicated to Deanna Durbin, 16-year-old star of Universal Pictures. She tried very hard to shake off her girl-next-door image with films such as Christmas Holiday (1944), directed by Robert Siodmak and adapted from W Somerset Maugham's novel: Durbin and her co-star Gene Kelly were both cast against type, she as a nightclub hostess and he as a killer. Deanna's observations of her life in Hollywood are so revealing and her honesty is welcome. With the technical skill and vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano, she performed many styles from popular standards to operatic arias. Judy Garland was also featured in the film and she and Durbin sang together, but the much more gauche-looking Garland appealed more to the mogul than the prettier Durbin, who he decided was a little too womanly for what he had in mind. Edna Mae Durbin was born on December 4, 1921, at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg, the younger daughter of James Allen Durbin and his wife Ada (ne Read) Durbin, who were originally from Chester, England. Of course, I'm very fond of him in my own way. She seemed totally content with raising her two children on a little farm outside of Paris., 50S SEX SYMBOL MAMIE VAN DOREN ON LEAVING HOLLYWOOD AFTER MARILYN MONROE'S DEATH: 'THERE WERE A LOT OF DRUGS', Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) with the wind in the hair and leaning on a tree's branch in a publicity shot from 1941, United States. Louis B. Mayer decided to sign both, but by then, Durbin's contract option had lapsed. She turned down his offer because she felt she needed more singing lessons. [12] Durbin also dabbled in other genres, such as the romantic comedy His Butler's Sister (1943) and the musical Western Can't Help Singing (1944), her only Technicolor film, which was produced on location in southern Utah and co-starred Robert Paige. The problem with the play is that It is a play abut Durbin and Garland without Garland. Harper hopes his book will celebrate Durbins films in Hollywood, as well as introduce her to movie buffs discovering her work for the first time. France Wt Remember Deanna Durbin' Well, she is now a happy French housewife who says nothing could lure her back to Hollywood. What did her friends say? My mother and I were once mobbed in Texas: the police lost control of the crowd and my mother suffered two broken ribs from people trying to reach me. Her voice was often described as "natural and beautiful" and her version of "One Fine Day" from Madame Butterfly, became a classic. Deanna Durbin Devotees The girl who one day would be known as "Winnipeg's Sweetheart" was born at Grace Hospital on December 4, 1921, as Edna Mae . [16] However, while her adult dramatic roles may have been more satisfying for Durbin, it was clear her fans preferred her in light musical confections. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent artists around the world. Show biz buddies? Durbin gained popularity during the Depression and was . After 1949, she stayed out of the spotlight until her death in 2013. According to the New York Times, Durbin moved to France in 1949 and settled in the village of Neauple-le-Chateau, outside of Paris. I know Durbin has an enormous fan base but I've just never gotten into her films. I have come across tons of Actresses who left Acting when they were young. 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Piano and musical arrangements: Bennett Paster, Graphic Design: Christache Ross. Los Angeles Times 27 Sep 1949: A1. Thelate Mr Shipman wrote one of my favourite books, THE GREAT FILM STARS; THE GOLDEN YEARS. ", "David, thanks for reprinting this fascinating interview. Siodmark praised Durbin's acting skills, but later recalled she was difficult as "she wanted to play a new part but flinched from looking like a tramp: she always wanted to look like nice wholesome Deanna Durbin pretending to be a tramp. or redistributed. It was the 1950s, Deanna was only 29 years old. Hard to imagine being put in a jail for your safetyone more reason why I'm glad I'm not famous! 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(LogOut/ Taylor, Russell. Margaret O'Brien was born Maxine O'Brien. Unlike Judy Garland, she seemed to be very mature in the films that she made, even as a young teenager. It seems that back in the early 1950s, when Durbin had been retired for a few years, that the writers of the still untested MyFair Ladywent to see her to convince her to play Eliza Doolittle. Simple theme. Durbin, who has died aged 91, was the antithesis of the Hollywood glamour girl which made her the kind of star that teachers liked to offer as an example to their students. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. I liked the people with whom I worked and after the nervousness of the first day, I felt completely at ease in front of the camera. Yoshida, Yukihiko," Jane Barlow and Witaly Osins, ballet teachers who worked in postwar Japan, and their students, Pan-Asian Journal of Sports & Physical Education, Vol.3(Sep), 2012. If she did have any regrets we will probably never know because very little is written about her life, once she retired. Durbin turned down the role, and was suspended by the studio from October 16, 1941, to early February 1942. Deanna was a Hollywood star in every way. ", "An interesting interview for sure and a shame it is so short. So why did Durbin become a recluse? Mayer did not think he needed two child stars, so he fired Durbin (the play suggests that might have been accidental and he may have wanted to boot Garland), Durbin, at her new studio, Universal, became famous right away and her first few pictures were so successful that they saved the studio (Deanna starred in21 movies in her storied career). She could have returned if she had wanted to. She didnt really care to do interviews that all the promotional things that came with doing films. It is an eye opener of a tale and an absolute treasure chest of show business history. Durbin sang "Il Bacio" for the studio's vocal coach, who was stunned by her "mature soprano" voice. She granted only one interview since 1949 to film historian David Shipman in 1983. Durbin continued her push to establish herself as a more dramatic actress with the film noir Christmas Holiday (1944), directed by Robert Siodmak and co-starring Gene Kelly. In 1936, audiences saw her in the short Every Sunday and approved; Mayer saw it and did not. MGM casting director Rufus LeMaire heard about a talented young soloist performing with the Ralph Thomas Academy and called her in for an audition. Sight and Sound; London Vol. When Durbin fled Hollywood, she not only never appeared as an entertainer again but pulled the plug on most of her American movies and you can hardly see them any more (ironically, a Durbin movie and Garland film were playing at the same time on television last week). I have never been so frightened. Needless to say, I was, along with her other fans, shocked to hear about her passing. Even as a young child, she could hold her own on the screen. [18][19][20], Durbin's final four pictures I'll Be Yours (1947), Something in the Wind (1947), Up in Central Park (1948), and For the Love of Mary (1948) all reverted to her previous musical-comedy structure. The Metropolitan Opera was even after her to join its company. Her films were tailored to fit both her personality, which made the word "vivacious" seem like an understatement, and her singing voice, which was feminine, sweet, mature beyond her years and extraordinarily powerful. With Pasternak producing for Universal, Durbin starred in a succession of successful musical films, including One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937),[5] Mad About Music (1938), That Certain Age (1938), Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), and First Love (1939)most of which were directed by Henry Koster. Dann Cahn on actress Deanna Durbin "saving" Universal Studios in the 1930s. Catching up on Lady On A Train recently,it was interesting to see that her then husband,Felix Jackson produced it and her third husband,Charles David directed it. They were playful and innocent creatures, kind and in many ways ingenuous.In those years it was like a chill of fresh air among the crumbling world.In addition to the actor's gift and Durbin was a beautiful voice. She had one older sister, Edith (later Mrs. Heckman, born in England, died in California). She was young, beautiful, possessed all the glory of the world, but she preferred quietness, protection from reporters and insects. She withdrew from public life, granting only one interview on her career in 1983. Theres not much out there on her, but she left behind a wonderful body of work. Thanks for your comment. Lets hope we get a well researched biography. (from, "I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen" (from, "Sari Waltz (Love's Own Sweet Song)" (from, "Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There" (from, "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (from, "You Wanna Keep Your Baby Looking Nice, Don't You" (from, This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 07:43. It was there, in that Q and A session, that she dropped her bombshell. When a teenage Deanna Durbin appeared on screen in the 1930s, wearing a decorous white dress with her hands clasped together, singing with a bell-like purity, audiences sighed contentedly. Deanna left successfully, without a lot of looking back and regretting. Why did she build such a successful career in a short time and then give it all up? [13] The film featured some of the last melodies written by Jerome Kern. The actress, who was born Edna Mae Durbin, married her third husband, 44-year-old French director Charles Davis, at age 28, and retired to a French farmhouse. Wishing to move into more sophisticated material, They Lived Alone was retooled into The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943), the World War II story of refugee children from China. What makes Deanna Durbin's story different is that she was never comfortable with adulation. I liked your two books on the stars and such statements you made as, the system was firmly rigged against the individual in favor of the machine, . There may have been some jealousy between them, but I doubt they were enemies. Chanson, Comedy/Novelty Music, Educational, Field Recording, Film Score/Soundtrack, Interview/Dialogue, Minstrel, Monolog, Music Hall, Musical/Original Cast, Natural Sounds, Poetry, Prayers/Sermons, Radio Play/Show, Schlager, Special Effects . I was the highest paid star with the poorest material-today I consider my salary as damages for having to cope with such complete lack of quality., I did not hate show business. I also enjoyed the company of my fellow actors, the leading men who were so much older, like Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Franchot Tone, Walter Pidgeon, Joseph Cotten, Vincent Price and Robert Cummings. Durbins last two movies did not do well, said Harper. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. She stated that the studio pushed a "childlike image" on her, but I'm not so sure about that. These films, produced by frequent collaborator and second husband Felix Jackson, were not as successful; she continued in musical roles until her retirement. It is Deannas story, not Judys, and she sings Deannas music and not Judys (except forSomewhere Over the Rainbow). PRODUCTION: The play, originally staged in the Fringe Festival is produced by the Soho Playhouse. Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 April 17, 2013),[1] known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born actress and singer, who moved to the USA with her family in infancy. But at this point, she just had enough. Her name is written not only in the history of world cinema, but also in the cultural code of the whole world.The latest photos of Deanna Durbin are not easy to find. TYRONE POWERS DAUGHTER SAYS 30S HOLLYWOOD IDOL WAS A DEVOTED FATHER BEFORE HIS TRAGIC DEATH: I FELT SAFE, Canadian actress and singer Deanna Durbin (1921-2013) wearing a black sleeveless dress in a publicity shot once used for the cover of the magazine Yank, The Army Weekly, 1944, United States. Her first feature-length film, Three Smart Girls (1936), was a success and established Durbin as a young star. There were Deanna Durbin dolls and dresses. Ive gained weight. Los Angeles Times 6 Jan 1948: A1. "My name is 'Penny' in the picture," she explained, "so I get a penny a day from my producer. Deanna Durbin. And it made us believe that somehow, we could achieve the same.. People remembered her, but they just didnt talk about her anymore.. This group is for fans of Deanna Durbin, the Canadian-born soprano and film star who at 14-years-old, single-handedly saved Universal Studios from bankruptcy with her 1936 film, "Three Smart Girls.". The life and career of the seemingly forgotten movie star are explored in a recently published biography titled Deanna Durbin A Hollywood Fairy Tale - The Legend of Edna Mae by William Harper. She tried to match these changes and starred in a fashionable then noir-style film. Her last acting credit was in For The Love of Mary in 1948. Audiences flocked to see her musical comedies and, after she had trilled numbers such as It's Raining Sunbeams (in the film One Hundred Men and a Girl, 1937), Home Sweet Home (in First Love, 1939) and Waltzing in the Clouds (in Spring Parade, 1940), her fans queued to buy the latest record bearing her name. But she will never go back to that life." Reportedly, she also wanted to get out of the good girl image she built her career on. She fled to Europe and completely turned her back to Hollywood., RELATED: 16 Old Hollywood Bombshells: See Photos Then And Now. Unlike Judy Garland, she seemed to be very mature in the films that she made, even as a young teenager. The couple welcomed a daughter before the couple called it quits in 1949. She could have probably gone to MGM or another studio because she was still at the height of her acting abilities and her voice at her best. Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. She flat out refused. I think she wanted it.Only once did she allow to publish her photo in order to prove that she had not grown fat and was passing through the Triumphal Frame without having her stomach tucked.I apologize for the mistakes. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. She received a $200,000 ($2,300,000 in 2021) [22] severance payment,[23], Unsatisfied by her career options, Durbin chose to retire and move to Paris. She was prolific, too: her second film, One Hundred Men and a Girl (with an orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski), was followed by Mad About Music (1938), in which she played a girl with a rich imagination; That Certain Age (1938), co-written by Billy Wilder; and Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), a sequel to her debut feature, with the sisters this time caught up in a romantic conflict. Gall tells a fascinating and colorful story. In 1936, she auditioned to provide the vocals for Snow White in Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but was rejected by Walt Disney, who said the 15-year-old Durbin's voice was "too old" for the part. And so did film and music executives. In 1939, Durbin, aged 17, and her fellow child star Mickey Rooney were awarded special Oscars "for their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth and, as juvenile players, setting a high standard of ability and achievement". 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