#deanna durbin

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Deanna Durbin and Robert Stack FIRST LOVE (1939) (Basically 1930s CInderella)

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Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin in Every Sunday (Felix E. Feist, 1936)

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Deanna Durbin on the November 1945 issue of Silver Screen

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Deanna Durbin

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Propaganda

Rita Moreno (Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story)—She’s an EGOT, an absolute legend for how she navigated her career as a woman of color in the fifties and sixties. Her performance as Anita in West Side Story is why I go back to that movie so many times. She is an icon and she is the moment.

Deanna Durbin (Lady on a Train, First Love, It Started With Eve)—Charming, witty, absolutely gorgeous, and an unprecedented vocal talent, Deanna Durbin remains one of the most formidable performers of her generation. Her knack for comedy, her command of dramatic material, and her endearingly genuine nature were more than a match for her extraordinary voice. We have not and shall not see her like again.

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Rita Moreno propaganda:

"Amazing showstopping actress in her one big memorable role as Anita in West Side Story. She sings and dances with unmatched joy and energy, and then breaks your heart with her acting. Rita took a role that felt as a stereotype to latina women and made it compelling and multifaceted. Her subsequent career was filled with mostly side roles, but she still managed to excel in whatever Hollywood threw at her."

"It’s Rita!! The EGOT herself! She can act, she can sing, she can dance, a triple threat. Obviously absolutely iconic as Anita in West Side Story (her part of the Tonight Quintet is the sexiest part of the film, fight me). But before that she was the amazing Zelda in Singin’ In the Rain!?! Thanks Zelda, you’re a real pal."

"She continues to be amazing but also she's got legs for days."

"THEE iconic rita moreno, EGOT winner, civil rights activist, theatre legend. watch her documentary "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It". also her rendition of "fever" on the muppet show"

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Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly on the studiolot during the filming of CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY (1944)

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Deanna Durbin in “Spring Paradise” - 1940

Costumes by vera West

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Canadian actress Deanna Durbin on a ski slope, circa 1945.

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Deanna Durbin-Judy Garland "Every sunday" 1936, de Felix E. Feist.

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Lana Turner, Deanna Durbin and Marlene Dietrich greet Sgt. Carl Bell as the millionth man to visit the Hollywood Canteen, 1943

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Here are 10 things you should know about Deanna Durbin, born 103 years ago today. She was a huge star in her teens and twenties, but left show business before she turned 30.

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Deanna Durbin Birthday remembrance December 4, 1921~April 30, 2013

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Deanna Durbin and her co-star Whitey on set of Charles Henri David’s LADY ON A TRAIN (1945). Whitey never even flubbed a line even though she gave birth to four little ones during production of the picture.

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Deanna Durbin 1941

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Deanna Durbin