List of the best Deanna Durbin movies: Mad About Music(1938), For the Love of Mary(1948), Because of Him(1946), Lady on a Train(1945), Three Smart Girls(1936), That Certain Age(1938), Spring Parade(1940), Something in the Wind(1947), Christmas Holiday(1944), The Amazing Mrs. Holliday(1943), Hers to Hold(1943), Can't Help Singing(1944) ... ...
Musical, Romance
USA
1938
98 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Herbert Marshall Gail Patrick Arthur Treacher William Frawley Jackie Moran Helen Parrish Marcia Mae Jones Christian Rub Charles Peck Elisabeth Risdon
schoolgirl celebrity composer valet mother classmate amusing lighthearted uplifting switzerland paris boarding school train station press conference father figure mother/daughter relationship impersonation deception imagination jealousy
A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
90 Minutes
Mary Peppertree
Deanna Durbin Edmond O'Brien Don Taylor Jeffrey Lynn Ray Collins Hugo Haas Harry Davenport Griff Barnett Katharine Alexander James Todd Morris Ankrum
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
Musical
USA
1946
88 Minutes
A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway star.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1945
96 Minutes
Nikki Collins, Margo Martin
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In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder.
Kids & Family, Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
84 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Binnie Barnes Alice Brady Ray Milland Barbara Read Mischa Auer Charles Winninger Ernest Cossart Lucile Watson Nella Walker Hobart Cavanaugh
teen girl sister father mother fortune hunter count endearing heartwarming airy switzerland penthouse new york city restaurant courtroom divorce matchmaking running away sister relationship singing romance
Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Alice Fullerton
Deanna Durbin Melvyn Douglas Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Nancy Carroll John Halliday Jackie Searle Juanita Quigley Peggy Stewart Charles Coleman Grant Mitchell
teen girl father reporter boyfriend scout actress lighthearted amusing cheery country house office party infatuation adolescence young love newspapers musical performance growing up forbidden love transformation
A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
89 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Bob Cummings Mischa Auer Henry Stephenson S.Z. Sakall Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Anne Gwynne Allyn Joslyn
A Hungarian woman whose fortune predicts that she will marry may find it coming true when she meets an army drummer.
Musical, Romance
USA
1947
89 Minutes
Deanna Durbin John Dall Donald O'Connor Helena Carter Charles Winninger Jean Adair William Ching Chester Clute Jacqueline de Wit Jan Peerce Frank Wilcox
A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
92 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Gene Kelly Richard Whorf Dean Harens Gladys George Gale Sondergaard David Bruce
A young femme fatale-type woman realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Edmond O'Brien Barry Fitzgerald Arthur Treacher Harry Davenport Grant Mitchell Frieda Inescort Elisabeth Risdon Jonathan Hale Esther Dale
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Romance
USA
1943
94 Minutes
Penny Craig
Deanna Durbin Joseph Cotten Charles Winninger Ludwig Stossel Nella Walker Gus Schilling Samuel S. Hinds Evelyn Ankers Fay Helm Iris Adrian
The third film in the "3 Smart Girls" trilogy starring Deanna Durbin as Penny Craig, the youngest sister in the Craig Family. Now all grown up, she goes to work in a munitions factory ... See full summary »
Musical
1944
89 Minutes
Caroline Frost
Deanna Durbin Robert Paige Akim Tamiroff David Bruce Leonid Kinskey Ray Collins June Vincent Andrew Tombes Thomas Gomez Clara Blandick Olin Howland
senator daughter officer card sharp prince eastern european man airy winsome cheery washington, d.c. frontier trail missouri engagement father/daughter relationship deception frontier life california gold rush unlikely romance pursuit
A westbound U.S. senator's daughter (Deanna Durbin) falls in love with a pioneer (Robert Paige) by the time she reaches California.
Musical, Comedy
1937
84 Minutes
Patricia Cardwell
Deanna Durbin Adolphe Menjou Alice Brady Eugene Pallette Mischa Auer Billy Gilbert Alma Kruger J. Scott Smart Jed Prouty Jameson Thomas Howard C. Hickman
A girl (Deanna Durbin) finds a famous conductor (Leopold Stokowski) for her trombonist father's (Adolphe Menjou) out-of-work orchestra.
Musical, Comedy
1947
93 Minutes
Louise Ginglebusher (Deanna Durbin) falls for a lawyer (Tom Drake) in New York but strings along a meat tycoon.
Musical, Comedy
1940
103 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Kay Francis Walter Pidgeon Samuel S. Hinds S.Z. Sakall Lewis Howard Cecilia Loftus Henry Stephenson Eugene Pallette Joe King Fritz Feld
actress singer theatrical producer love interest mother father airy lighthearted charming new york city honolulu backstage stage mother/daughter relationship theater love triangle failing career show business rivalry love
A Broadway star (Kay Francis) and her daughter (Deanna Durbin) become rivals for a role and a millionaire (Walter Pidgeon) in Hawaii.
Romance
1941
95 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Franchot Tone Walter Brennan Robert Stack Robert Benchley Helen Broderick
teen girl teen boy principal older man father businessman melodramatic winsome charming endearing new york state house school office town love triangle scandal parenthood may-december romance young love
A high-school principal's teenage daughter (Deanna Durbin) acts out her crush on an older man (Franchot Tone) in New York.