Talk:Deanna Durbin
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My mother, as a girl, misheard "Turn the hands of time for me" from the song 'Beneath the Lights of Home (In a Little Sleepy Town)' from 'Nice Girl?' (1941) as Tell the Huns it's time for me Pliny 23:30, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
This article contains several statements that are not NPOV. "The huge success of her films," "With the technical skill and impressive vocal range of a legitimate lyric soprano," "her success spawned numerous imitations...none of whom were to match her amazing (if relatively short-lived) popularity," "the slur was completely untrue."
It also lacks sources. Toyalla 07:08, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok so let me get this straight. Her films weren't a huge success? They were nominated and won a number of awards and brought in enough income to warranted her being among the top paid performers of the era. Beyond that they were as popular internationally as in the US. She generated the largest world wide fan club of the time.
She was a legitimate Lyric Soprano as her musical repertoire demonstrates and when the average person can match that feat we can call it mundane until that day impressive is a legitimate adjective.
Her success for Universal did result in imitations either by Universal as replacements or by other studios as they became aware of the potential audience for a young and gifted soprano. None of these follow-ups, as talented as many were, created the stir or demanded the salary or attention that Durbin did. She was a "phenomena" and a relatively short lived one. The reason for this might be disputed but the media, studio and fan attention she received can not be disputed. It was "amazing" (as in surprising or shocking) no child actor up to that point had received comparable attention or managed to transition from child roles to adult roles. I have no issue with using a descriptive term if it is accurate. Removal of "impressive", "amazing" and "huge" though they are an accurate reflections of of her films impact on audiences of the times, won't greatly effect the paragraph.
Unfortunately the bulk of old reference is locked away PPV archives of newspapers of the era.
My apologies, I wasn't logged in when I posted the above. DA Art 19:55, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I agree that the Hedda Hoppa portion may need a cleanup. We know Joe was upset with Hedda and disputed the accuracy of her claims as he describes in his Biography. DA Art 18:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Please explain why "Precocious" was removed from the description of Durbin's voice. It is one of the defining characteristic's of her early career. Her voice sounded very developed for her age (14) and elicited comments to that nature from fans and studio executives alike. DA Art
[edit] career correction and comment
Mayer appears to be spelled Mayder at one point. The legend about Durbin being fired instead of Garland is in George Sidney's (director) commentary on the DVD, "The Harvey Girls". He appears to have had first hand knowledge, but I do not have current access to the DVD. He may have also written a book in which he referenced the subject.71.126.255.2 12:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
