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It Started with Eve (1941)

August 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Deanna Durbin had matured from teenage roles in, among others, the 1936 Three Smart Girls and its 1939 sequel, when director Henry Koster and producer Joe Pasternak asked her to star in It Started with Eve. The movie’s three songs may not qualify it as a musical, but the antics of Durbin and co-star Robert [...]

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It Started with Eve (1941): When Quasimodo Met Cinderella

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the least regarded of these peripheral comic winners is Universal’s It Started with Eve, a box-office hit given little respect. Best known for Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931), Universal was rescued from its financial woes of the mid 1930s when producer Joe Pasternak, director Henry Koster, and plucky teen soprano Deanna Durbin collaborated [...]

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