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Deanna Durbin Collection Blu-ray
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) It Started with Eve (1941)
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This collection features three classic films starring screen legend Deanna Durbin. ONE HUNDRED| MEN AND A GIRL (1937) – Durbin shines in 100 Men and a Girl, a delightful story of an inventive and determined young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. The daughter of an unemployed musician, Patricia Cardwell (Durbin) decides she will persuade conductor Leopold Stokowski to help her launch an orchestra that will employ her widowed father (Adolph Menjou, The Front Page) and 99 other out-of-work musicians. Though faced with this seemingly impossible task, Patricia leads her unemployed orchestra to the home of the unsuspecting Stokowski and conducts them in Liszt’s “Second Hungarian Rhapsody” from the top of his staircase. His reaction is priceless, as are the numerous musical numbers, including “It’s Raining Sunbeams” and “A Heart That’s Free.” This enchanting musical treat is a triumphant celebration of Hollywood and a tribute to one of the cinema’s best-loved stars. 3 SMART GIRLS GROW UP (1939) – Penny (Durbin) has a knack for matchmaking and realizes that her own two sisters Joan (Nan Grey) and Kay (Helen Parrish) could use her help since one of them is in love with the other’s boyfriend. In attempting to manipulate the situation so that both sisters end up with the ideal fiancé, Penny only creates further problems until her father is forced to intervene on her behalf. Often noted as Durbin’s first young adult role, this breezy, lighthearted entry co-stars Robert Cummings (The Bride Wore Boots), Charles Winninger (Nothing Sacred) and William Lundigan (Follow Me Quietly). IT STARTED WITH EVE (1941) brings together the exceptional talents of Durbin and Charles Laughton (Witness for the Prosecution) in a hilarious misadventure of love and romance. An old millionaire (Laughton), believed to be in his final days, wishes to meet the young lady that his son Johnny (Robert Cummings, The Bride Wore Boots) is planning to wed. When the future bride-to-be is unavailable, the dutiful son finds a quick replacement in a random hat-check girl (Durbin). Surprisingly, she quickly steals his heart and when his father makes a remarkable recovery, Johnny must juggle the phony bride-to-be with the newly arrived true bride of his heart. It Started with Eve is a priceless cinematic gem! All three films were directed by the great Henry Koster (The Bishop’s Wife, The Robe). |
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Theatrical Release: September 5th, 1937 / March 17th, 1939 / September 26th, 1941
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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One Hundred Men and a Girl: 1:24:14.048 Three Smart Girls Grow Up: 1:27:46.261 It Started with Eve: 1:30:38.391 |
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One Hundred Men and a Girl: 1. 37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 19,282,066,707 bytesFeature: 18,706,501,632 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.23 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
Three Smart Girls Grow Up: 1. 37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 20,428,769,177 bytesFeature: 18,993,573,888 bytes Video Bitrate: 25.73 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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It Started with Eve: 1. 37:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 19,901,884,584 bytesFeature: 19,138,627,584 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.84 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 1553 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1553 kbps / 16-bit (DTS
Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
Edition Details:
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Stephen Vagg (100 Men and a
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DVDBeaver has a soft-spot for Deanna Durbin
(many 'mother's favorite') and we covered the
Deanna Durbin: The Music and Romance Collection on DVD
HERE.
On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (16-bit) in the
original English language. There is plenty of music and scores in the
three films by either Hans J. Salter (The
Female Animal, Naked
Alibi,
Pittsburgh, Man
Without a Star,
The
Killer that Stalked New York, The
Strange Door,
Cover
Up, Man
Without a Star,
Scarlet Street,
The Land Unknown,
The War Lord,
The Mole People,
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx)
or
Frank Skinner (The
Sleeping City,
Arabian
Nights, The Lady Gambles, The
Appaloosa,
Madame
X,
Magnificent
Obsession,
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein,
All That Heaven Allows,
Thunder Bay, and
The Naked City)
augmented by Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E minor: Fourth Movement,
Hector Berlioz's Rakoczy March, Wagner's Lohengrin: Prelude to
Act III, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody, and Giuseppe Verdi's
Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Drinking Song): from 'La traviata' - all
played by a symphony orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski plus
It's Raining Sunbeams, and A Heart That's Free sung by Deanna
Durbin in One Hundred Men and a
Girl. Also there is Clavelitos, and Symphony No. 9 in E
Minor, "From the New World" sung by Deanna Durbin and Tchaikovsky's
Piano Concerto No. 1 excerpt performed by Deanna Durbin on piano
in It Started with Eve. It all sounds delightful in the lossless,
authentically flat but tight. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
Canadian-born Deanna Durbin is among the
biggest of childhood (early teen) stars in Hollywood history (an answer
to MGM's Judy Garland.) She had an incredible voice, a quiet beauty
about her and a magnetic film presence. Her films are fun, romantic,
have beautiful musical numbers, and are always positive (something we,
definitely, need more of today.) She's been out of the conversation for
too long - fans of vintage cinema will be guaranteed to enjoy these,
well above-average, joys of cinema. The Kino Blu-ray
includes solid a/v and the two excellent commentaries. I've watched and
will be giving to my mother - we'll be keeping them in the family.
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Directed by Henry Koster
USA 1937
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One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) was the story of the enterprising girl whose father is an unemployed musician. The story itself can only be understood in terms of the mid-Thirties when this country was still suffering the effects of the depression and solvent symphony organizations were few and very far between." Universal had serious objections to the story. "We shouldn't tell stories about the unemployed; it was too close to home. And, above all, what's this with a symphony orchestra? Long-hair music? Did we realize this was box office murder? We stuck by our guns and got approval to make the story we wanted. Then the problem was to persuade [famed conductor Leopold] Stokowski. It was not going to be easy, we were told. In the first place, maybe he wouldn't want to "demean himself"; the highbrow critics always wrote about film music the way the drama critics had once treated the infant motion picture, as less than the dust beneath a true artist's chariot wheels. That Stokowski himself would be difficult we were warned." |
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Directed by Henry Koster
USA 1939
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When Penelope "Penny" Craig sees that her sister Kay is in love with Richard Watkins, to whom their sister Joan has become engaged, she devises a plan to find another man for Kay. Penny, who is studying to be an opera singer, asks pianist Harry Loren to dinner, but when he shows more interest in Joan than Kay, Penny insults him and throws him out, much to the horror of her mother and sisters. Convinced that Penny was displaying jealousy and therefore, is in love with an older man, Mrs. Craig decides that the best solution is to keep her from seeing Harry at the music school, and asks her husband Judson, who is completely distracted by his work as a stockbroker, to tell Penny that her voice is going bad and she must discontinue her singing lessons. Penny is devastated by this news, but then realizes that the best way to solve the situation is for Harry and Joan to fall in love, thereby leaving Kay and Richard to get together. When Richard takes the sisters out for a diversion, Penny asks him to take them to Club 33, where Harry plays piano. Harry dances with Joan and tells her of his plans to move to Australia, where he has been offered a job. |
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USA 1941
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At the city desk of the New York Daily Star Press , editors prepare the headline story, "Jonathan Reynolds Dies." At the home of the billionaire, meanwhile, his son Johnny, Jr. returns from Mexico City. Dr. Harvey tells Johnny that his father is near death, and his last wish is to meet Johnny's fiancée, Gloria Pennington. Johnny goes to Gloria's hotel and is told that both Gloria and her mother have gone out for the evening. Desperate, Johnny asks hat check girl Anne Terry to pretend to be Gloria. She does so and Jonathan takes an immediate liking to her. The next day, Jonathan awakes feeling refreshed and frisky, and, seemingly recovered, he demands to see Anne. Dr. Harvey warns Johnny that the shock of learning Anne's true identity could be fatal to his father, so Johnny is forced to continue the deception. Johnny snatches Anne away from the railway station, where she was planning to take a train back to Shelbyville, Ohio, having given up on her operatic career in New York. Back at the Reynolds' home, Johnny is surprised by the arrival of the real Gloria and her mother. While Johnny tries to explain things to Gloria, Anne learns that Jonathan has close ties to major opera figures, and convinces him to throw a party, at which she plans to demonstrate her voice. Later, Johnny contrives to tell his father that he and "Gloria" have split up, then introduce the real Gloria as his new girl friend. |
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