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It seems Classic Movie Chat receives more mail about Deanna Durbin than any other star of Hollywood’s golden era. When we ran a blog a few weeks ago about director Robert Siodmak’s Christmas Holiday (1944) regular contributor Mark wrote in: Although I wasn’t around when the film was originally released, I’m always surprised (and a bit suspicious) […]
Above is a photo of John Saxon holding Marlon Brando at gunpoint. The shot is from an offbeat Western film than Brando made in the mid 1960s. Hello, everybody. Your classic movie guys here again, and since we’ve been writing about Gregory Peck’s Western films, we thought we’d look at other major stars not […]
Last month, Deanna Durbin, one of the brightest stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, died at the age of 91. She had been living in France and out of public view for the last 64 years. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie guys, noting that we have probably received more (and more […]
She too, was the girl next door, albiet sometimes a hillbilly and sometimes a surfer. Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your classic movie mavens, here again. Our thoughts of Annette Funicello last week rekindled thoughts of another star of the 50s and 60s who epitomized the era, Sandra Dee. Dee played Tammy (originated […]
Hello, everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers, your Classic Movie guys here again to declare without reservation that we love reader comments, the more informed and passionate the better. A passing mention of Thirties child star Deanna Durbin in our “More Child Stars” blog in late August […]