I think that this story had a big influence on the Bette Davis-Claude Rains-Paul Henried triangle in the movie, Deception (1946)--with the whole messy tangle of relationships tidied up somewhat for the Production Code office, while retaining the classical music milieu. I wish that this were on DVD. ...

Not Shakespeare, but James M. Cain, who also wrote “Mildred Pierce” and “The Postman Always Rings Twice”.

Serenade Would be opera singer Damon ( Mario Lanza ) is working in the vineyard when his cousin Tonio tells him he has arranged an audition. Of course the audition is a success and with the help of femme fatale Kendall ( Joan Fontaine ), Damon becomes an opera singer. Unfortunately for Damon, Kenda...

Hi Fossy, I'd never heard of this mini-series, but anything to do with the travails of a temperamental diva sounds interesting to me. Was this shown on Australian or UK tv? How did they depict Caruso? I'd love to know more. Thanks! The series was made in Australia. I think it was released to coinci...

Melba---The Mini Series. (1987) A 3 disc, 8 episode biography of Dame Nellie Melba. The daughter of Scottish migrants Helen Porter Mitchell (called Nellie) was born at Richmond, Victoria (an inner Melbourne suburb) and attended Prebyterian Ladies College, a prestigious Melbourne school. The series ...

The Great Zeigfeld The latest musical I have watched. Extravagant was a word used frequently throughout the film. A word which described not only Zeigfeld, but everything he did. I found the show a bit long winded, but nevertheless very enjoyable. Perhaps the best part was the performance of German...

I watched this movie just the other day. I always enjoy seeing it. It is part of my Kathryn Grayson collection. I have all of Kathryn`s films.

Yesterday I watched ‘Three Daring Daughters”, a story about a divorced mother of three young girls (Jeanette MacDonald) who collapsed, apparently from overwork. It was decided that she should take a sea cruise to Cuba so she could rest. The girls decided she needed her husband to return, so they arr...

[/quote] Wife Lupe "Spitfire" Velez gave Johnny bruises, hickies and love scratches so long & plentiful that, allegedly, the Tarzan make-up team often spent more time on his back than his front.[/quote] Lupe Velez b. 18 July 1908 in Mexico d. 13 Dec 1944 Tragically it was all down hill...

Johnny Weissmuller Janos (Johnny) Weissmuller was born 2 June 1904 in Austria-Hungary (now Romania) and died in Mexico 20 Jan 1984 following a series of strokes. He later claimed to have been born in Pennsylvania, USA, probably to ensure that he would qualify to represent USA in Olympic Games. He w...

I Have all of Deanna`s Movies, including the short movie “Every Sunday”. I feel that her voice kept improving right up to her retirement. Last night I watched (yet again) “The Amazing Mrs. Holliday” Arthur Treacher has been mentioned on the forum. Here is a short resume of his appearances in movies....

Mad About Music is definitely one of my favourites. Helen Parrish actually appeared in three of Deanna`s movies. She was an extra in "It Started With Eve"(1941) . Helen never achieved star status but she was listed as co-star in 7 of her 45 movies, her debut being in 1927 at age 3, 4 or 5...

Yesterday I watched Yes Giorgio (1982) . This film featured Luciano Pavarotti at age 46. He sang twelve times in this movie and he was great. However I did not like the story. At the beginning there was written on the screen the words "This story is dedicated to lovers everywhere". It shou...

Grace Moore - The Final Curtain http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/tropicalnanny/GraceMoore-1-1.jpg Grace Moore arrives from Paris for her January 25th 1947 Stockholm Concert In a message to her fan club on 6th Jan 1947 Grace said (in part) “I will go to Paris and Denmark on the 19th for 10 d...

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii109/tropicalnanny/Photo0016.jpg Brisbane soprano Kerry Vann is congratulated after the concert. Recently soprano Kerry Vann gave two concerts in Brisbane called “Deanna Durbin Silver Memories”. Presented in the small auditorium of a Brisbane radio station (max s...