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Queen Mary
On the 4th of July, 1939, Universal Studios announced that Deanna Durbin had accepted the invitation of Queen Mary of England to give a concert performance at the Royal Abert Hall for the benefit of the London Hospital. Due to the war, Deanna had to postpone that trip to England.

Queen Mary (1867–1953) was widow of George V and mother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI. Queen Mary never used the title Queen Mother, choosing instead to be known as "Queen Mary" and that's the way she was addressed. But she still was a Queen Mother! And when her granddaughter came to the throne as Elizabeth II in 1952, she became Dowager Queen Mother.

Queen Mary (1867–1953) was widow of George V and mother of Kings Edward VIII and George VI. Queen Mary never used the title Queen Mother, choosing instead to be known as "Queen Mary" and that's the way she was addressed. But she still was a Queen Mother! And when her granddaughter came to the throne as Elizabeth II in 1952, she became Dowager Queen Mother.
Let Them Eat Cookies
MAD ABOUT MUSIC was Deanna Durbin's third movie, but there were other scripts and titles that were considered by Joe Pasternak in 1937 after the success of 100 MEN AND A GIRL including, THE BABY OF THE FAMILY, LITTLE LADY, YESTERDAY'S HEROES, PRIZE GIRL, and QUEEN AT FOURTEEN about Marie Antoinette.

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Pure Acting
The thing Deanna Durbin most wanted to do, professionally, was to play the non-singing role of Joan of Arc.

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Admiration
Deanna Durbin was admired by the following famous people:
Winston Churchill
Akira Kurosawa
Petula Clark
Judy Garland
Mario Lanza
Dick Cheney
Jean Renoir
Elly Ameling
Eddie Cantor
Cleo Laine
Rhonda Flemming
Gloria Jean
Nancy Lamott
Mstislav Rostropovich
Rudolf Nureyev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Rita Moreno
Marlon Brando
Beverly Sills
Franklin Roosevelt
Greta Garbo
Graham Greene
Mel Torme
Gilda Cruz-Romo
Joseph Stalin
Mickey Rooney
Joan Sutherland
Maria Callas
Maureen McGovern
Satyajit Ray
Anne Frank
Angela Lansbury
Frank Sinatra
Joseph Cotten
Robert Donat
Al Jolson
Lily Pons
Grace Moore
Lawrence Tibbett
Monica Mancini
Bing Crosby
George Burns
Gracie Fields
Jane Powell
Winston Churchill
Akira Kurosawa
Petula Clark
Judy Garland
Mario Lanza
Dick Cheney
Jean Renoir
Elly Ameling
Eddie Cantor
Cleo Laine
Rhonda Flemming
Gloria Jean
Nancy Lamott
Mstislav Rostropovich
Rudolf Nureyev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Rita Moreno
Marlon Brando
Beverly Sills
Franklin Roosevelt
Greta Garbo
Graham Greene
Mel Torme
Gilda Cruz-Romo
Joseph Stalin
Mickey Rooney
Joan Sutherland
Maria Callas
Maureen McGovern
Satyajit Ray
Anne Frank
Angela Lansbury
Frank Sinatra
Joseph Cotten
Robert Donat
Al Jolson
Lily Pons
Grace Moore
Lawrence Tibbett
Monica Mancini
Bing Crosby
George Burns
Gracie Fields
Jane Powell
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Circus Circus
Universal once planned a movie for Deanna which had her in a circus singing on the back of an elephant to a Sousa march! 

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Swedish Nightingale
Deanna Durbin was to star in a dramatized biography of Jenny Lind based on a story of the Swedish singer's early life. Universal Studios bought the story from Hans Rameau and the movie was to be made after the production of FIRST LOVE, but Deanna never made the movie.

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The Phantom
After the amazing success of THREE SMART GIRLS, Deanna Durbin was considered to star in a movie version of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in colour. The movie was released in 1943, but without Deanna.

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Out-Of-Court
In 1948, a law suit against Deanna Durbin by Universal-International was resolved out-of-court and her contract was also revised.
The $87,083 suit was regarding money that was advanced to her. The contract revision involved reducing the number of movies that Deanna would make from five to three. The old six year agreement contract which expired the following year on the 31st of August, called for fourteen movies, of which only nine had been made. U-I would of been required to pay Deanna for the other five movies which could not of been made within the time remaining under the contract.

The $87,083 suit was regarding money that was advanced to her. The contract revision involved reducing the number of movies that Deanna would make from five to three. The old six year agreement contract which expired the following year on the 31st of August, called for fourteen movies, of which only nine had been made. U-I would of been required to pay Deanna for the other five movies which could not of been made within the time remaining under the contract.

No Place Like Rome
In 1949, Deanna Durbin was to be the female lead in a movie called THE WESTERN STORY, but she was replaced by Yvonne de Carlo. Deanna was then scheduled to be in a movie to be produced in Italy. It was to be a joint venture between Universal-International and Scalera Films of Rome. The director would be Gofferdo Alessandrini, but the production never saw the light of day.

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Born To Sing
When Deanna Durbin was just a baby in Winnipeg, she won a pewter plaque for being the loudest baby at the Province Fair! 

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Trains & Planes
In November of 1936, the very busy Deanna Durbin missed the eastbound train three times. After missing it for the 3rd time she boarded a plane hoping to intercept the train in Albuquerque. The production chief of Universal Studios, Charles Rogers was always nervous when Deanna took a plane instead of the train!!













