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  2. Deanna Durbin - Wikipedia

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    Edna Mae Durbin (December 4, 1921 – April 17, 2013), [1] known professionally as Deanna Durbin, was a Canadian-born American singer and actress, who moved to the U.S. with her family in infancy. She appeared in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s.

  3. Poor Butterfly - Wikipedia

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    "Poor Butterfly" is a popular song. It was inspired by Giacomo Puccini 's opera Madame Butterfly and contains a brief musical quote from the Act two duet Tutti i fior in the verse. The music was written by Raymond Hubbell , the lyrics by John L. Golden .

  4. Can't Help Singing - Wikipedia

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    Can't Help Singing is a 1944 American musical western film directed by Frank Ryan and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, and Akim Tamiroff. [2] Based on a story by John D. Klorer and Leo Townsend, the film is about a senator's daughter who follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.

  5. It's a Date - Wikipedia

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    It's a Date is a 1940 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, and Walter Pidgeon. [2] [3] Based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block, the film is about an aspiring actress who is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more experienced actress, was hoping to get the same part.

  6. Cappy Barra Harmonica Band - Wikipedia

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    The Smoothies (vocal group) and The Cappy Barra Harmonica Boys Smoothies personnel: Babs (Blanche Redwine?) and the two brothers, Charlie & Little Ryan (né Reinhart) Showbar Frowlics , assembled and released by Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, Program 1107 (February 22, 1943), re-issued at Program 1187 OCLC 423356297 [ 17 ] [ 18 ...

  7. One Hundred Men and a Girl - Wikipedia

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    One Hundred Men and a Girl (styled 100 Men and a Girl in advertising) is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin and the maestro Leopold Stokowski. Written by Charles Kenyon , Bruce Manning , and James Mulhauser from a story by Hanns Kräly , the film is about the daughter of a struggling musician ...

  8. Kathryn Grayson - Wikipedia

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    In 1940, an MGM talent scout saw Grayson performing at a music festival. MGM hoped to find a replacement for Deanna Durbin, who had left the studio for Universal Pictures. [6] For the next 18 months, Grayson took voice, drama and diction lessons and followed a routine of dieting and exercise. Within a year, she had her first screen test.

  9. Mad About Music - Wikipedia

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    Mad About Music is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick. Based on a story by Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, the film is about a girl at an exclusive boarding school who invents an exciting father. When her schoolmates doubt his existence, she has to produce him.