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starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, Robert Benchleydirected by: William A. Seiter
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304296974
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304296975
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: January 28, 1997
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 6650
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: February 21, 1941
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Rating:  - A grown-up Deanna in warm war-time romance
Deanna Durbin's first movie following America's entry into World War II was the delightful romantic comedy NICE GIRL? (1941). In the film, Deanna plays a young woman who has lots of fun when her neighbours wrongly suspect her of having a "loose" reputation.
Co-starring Robert Stack (Deanna's leading man in "First Love"), NICE GIRL? paints a sweet portrait of small-town America at a time when the effects of World War II were starting to infiltrate everyday activities. Deanna plays Jane ... Read More
Rating: - "Lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice, but your father isn't lightning."
The Danas are a nice family. Father (Robert Benchley) is an inventor who recieves a visit from an anthropologist named Richard Calvert (Franchot Tone). The Dana girls are all in a tizzy over their visitor and do their best to show off for him. Sylvia (Ann Gwynne) is an actress anyway, so putting on a show is not new to her. Nancy (Ann Gillis) is boy crazy, and her taste does not exempt older men. Jane (Deanna Durbin) already has a crush on Don Webb (Robert Stack), but he seems to pay more attention to ... Read More
Rating:  - Love at Last
This warm and sweet film full of charm and the values once held dear in small towns across America is one of Deanna Durbin's finest. Based on a play by Phyllis Duganne, the screenplay by Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman captures the innocence of a time when going downtown for an ice cream soda and attending the town dance was a big deal.
The music is beautiful this time out, with Deanna getting to sing everything from the sweet "Beneath the Lights of Home" to the lovely "Love at Last" with ... Read More
Rating: - Nice Girl? One Of Deanna's Best Films.
This movie is full of good things: an escapist story line, a good supporting cast, lots of laughs, and six good songs. We get two helpings of "Beneath The Lights Of Home" a popular song at the time, and still popular with members of "The Deanna Durbin Society" today. The plot is uncomplicated: Robert Stack is Deanna's boy-friend, who shows more interest in his car than in her. Enter the older man Franchot Tone. He's a representative of a scientific organisation and has come to do business with Deanna's father. ... Read More
Rating: - Ravishing! Delightful!
This is probably the most ravishing look at small-town America during World War II ever put on film. The movie serves as a star vehicle for Deanna Durbin and her all-American good-looks, charm and energy relate to the remarkable recreation of a little town somewhere in America. Her house is fascinating to study during those innocent years: big, spacious windows, cozy, over-stuffed rooms. The best scene, though, is at July 4th party by the river. Deanna sings "Old Folks at Home" in a haunting, thrilling way ... Read More
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