Deanna Durbin

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

"I'm tired of playing littlegirls. I'm a woman now. I can't run around forever being the little Miss Fix It who bursts into song. I want to get out of Hollywood and get a fresh approach."

~Deanna Durbin

DEANNA DURBIN & JUDY GARLAND

“[Judy Garland] ran second to Deanna [Durbin] then, but not now. The Wizard Of Oz took care of that. If we removed Oz from the equation, I wonder how they’d compare.” - John McElwee of Greenbriar Pictures.
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Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly in Christmas Holiday (1944)