Comments | ernunnos: What a loss.

ernunnos

What a loss.

Mar 27, 2009 08:16

I've been a Deanna Durbin fan for a long time, after seeing some of her movies on AMC in college, back in the days when they actually played classic movies. She was a child prodigy whose movies basically kept her studio afloat during WWII. I bought the Deanna Durbin "Sweetheart Pack" of DVDs as soon as they were available. But at the time I wasn't ( Read more... )

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Deanna Durbin madaboutdeanna March 28 2009, 08:42:44 UTC

Back in 1944, because of production requirements, Deanna Durbin had to turn down a singing offer which was a lifelong ambition.

Deanna received a wire from the Chicago Civic Opera Company asking her if she would consider a guest concert appearance at the Chicago Opera House for January of 1945.

Felix Jackson, producer of Deanna's pictures at Universal Studios, tried to juggle the schedule of her next picture called LADY ON A TRAIN, but wasn't able to arrange it so the star ended up missing out on a golden opportunity!

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