Mad About Music

Mad About Music is an American feature film with Deanna Durbin, directed by Norman Taurog from the year 1938.

Action

Gloria Harkinson the 14 -year-old daughter of the famous Hollywood stars Gwen Taylor. To keep the image as a glamorous vamp upright, Gwen has placed her daughter in an exclusive Swiss boarding school years ago. By the promise of their true origin reveal no, Gloria is forced to tell more extreme lies, to keep the illusion of an intact family upright. She writes herself letters purporting to come from her father and spins a fantasy world around their parents cope. Felice, a classmate, gradually gets doubts whether the wild adventures that allegedly experienced Gloria's father, actually took place. She decides to Gloria expose a liar in front of all the girls. The desperate Gloria asks in her need to totally strange Richard Todd, whom she met at the station to play her father. The plan goes on, the world keeps Richard for Gloria's long lost father and Felice is suddenly as the notorious liar there. Gloria takes pleasure in its sham father and follows Richard secretly to Paris, where she arranges a meeting with her mother. After a few complications Richard and Gwen discover their love. At a press conference Gwen finally confesses to her daughter and everyone live happily to this day.

Background

After their successes in Three Smart Girls in 1936 and 100 Men and a Girl, who came to the rental 1937, Deanna Durbin had risen to the only real star of Universal Studios. The studio had revised their contract after the successes and Durbin paid $ 3,000 per week. The basic premise, which was based on her movies, but remained unchanged: Deanna Durbin plays the patents young girl to an adult one to the other time shows where the road is and how their problems can be solved. The press referred to them under this Image also commonly known as Miss Fix-It.

Mad About Music was the first film without Henry Koster as a director and also the last in which Durbin yet to experience completely without their own romantic entanglements, is quite busy trying to help the adults with their emotional problems.

Music

As in any Deanna Durbin movie star sings here a mix of classic pieces and contemporary songs. As the story progresses the following musical numbers are used:

  • " I Love to Whistle "
  • " Ave Maria "
  • " Chapel Bells"
  • " Serenade to the Stars "

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1939, the film received nominations in the categories:

  • Best Original Story ( Marcella Burke, Frederick Kohner )
  • Best Cinematography (Joseph A.Valentine )
  • Best Score (Charles Previn, Frank Skinner )
  • Best Art Direction ( Jack Otterson )
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