First Love (1939 film)

First Love is an American love story from 1939, in which Deanna Durbin receives her first screen kiss from Robert Stack. The film was directed by Henry Koster. With the film Deanna Durbin made ​​it into the tray of the young naive.

Action

Connie Harding is an orphan and has just finished school. Now she is forced to live in the household of her rich uncle James Clinton. Their arrival at the Clintons is however, well below the hustle and bustle, the female members organize in preparation for a large company. Connie befriends quickly with the servants, while their relatives either ignore them or treat them badly. As Connie has a riding accident, it leads the young, wealthy Ted Drake for help. Out of sheer luck the two of them begin to sing. But then interferes with Barbara, the snobbish cousin of Connie, the idyll when she logs own claims on the heart of Ted. Within a short time, there are several other young ladies of society participate in the competition for the affections of Prince Charming. Things come to the decision when Ted announces a ball, except the Connie, who has nothing to wear, the entire local female population flows. Connie Marriage can sink into melancholy, to give her staff a designer dress she bought secretly for Connie. But again there are complications. Barbara, who wants to avoid at all costs that Connie will appear at the ball, claiming to be a distant relative would just arrive that night. So Connie seconded to receive the guest. Re helping the friendly domestics and so it creates Connie at the end still on the ball, where they surprised all the guests with their singing performances and Ted, who falls in love with Connie. Before midnight strikes, Connie received her first kiss. But a short time later Connie leaves the ball to be home again in the hope before the Clintons, in her haste she loses one of her ball shoes, but which is found from Ted. But in the meantime, the relatives arrived and found the house empty and deserted. Barbara and her mother, who seethe with anger, let her vengeance run free. All servants are dismissed without notice and Connie set straight into a taxi to be shipped off to boarding school. However, this is the head of the Clinton clan too far. He sets the female members of the family cope head. Connie meets again at the end to Ted and both are happy.

Background

Since her success in Three Smart Girls 1936 Deanna Durbin had risen to become the biggest star of Universal Pictures. Her films were all very financially successful, but Durbin outgrew gradually the previous roles of the innocent girl. The studio since 1938 planned the shift to adult roles, however, for the films with a lot of care. First Love should be the first film in which Durbin officially got granted with all the attendant problems in their own roll of film love life. The necessary first kiss took place in the publicity that accompanied the film, a broad space. Producer Joe Pasternak was among the tabloids active participation test hundreds of young men to really find the perfect partner for the epoch-making event. In the end the choice fell on Robert Stack, who made his screen debut in First Love. Some critics even argue Durbin's first kiss would get more attention in the media as the events of the war in Europe.

The film initially had the working title of Cinderella and After School Days before the election to the obvious title First Love dropped. Plans to produce First Love as the first color film of the studio, however, were discarded due to technical problems. The film is based in Broad on the fairy tale of Cinderella, in the version by Charles Perrault.

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1940, the film received nominations in the categories:

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