One Hundred Men and a Girl
- Deanna Durbin: Patricia Caldwell
- Adolphe Menjou: John Caldwell
- Eugene Pallette: John R. Frost
- Alice Brady: Mrs. Frost
- Mischa Auer: Michael Borodoff
- Leopold Stokowski Leopold Stokowski
100 Men and a Girl (OT: One Hundred Men and a Girl) is an American film comedy starring Deanna Durbin, directed by Henry Koster in 1937, the conductor Leopold Stokowski plays in the film itself.. The film developed the role image of Deanna Durbin as patentem young girl from the previous year's success Three Smart Girls on.
Action
The unemployed trombonist John Cardwell trying to get a job for the umpteenth time in the orchestra of the conductor Leopold Stokowski. So far, he could hide his unemployment, his daughter Patsy, but then finds the patents girl the sad truth out. She decides to take matters into their own hands and plans, undaunted by some setbacks, a concert with her father, 99 other setting loose fellow musicians and with Stokowski as conductor.
With wit, a few white lies and a little luck she maneuvered her orchestra in the hall of the Konzerthaus, where Leopold Stokowski at the end gives up any resistance and the musicians conducted spontaneously. At the end of Patsy stands in front of an enthusiastic audience and sings to the sounds of the orchestra put together by her and led by the legendary Leopold Stokowski.
Background
Deanna Durbin was the middle of 1936 despite its only 14 years known for her amazing vocal talent, as Universal Studios took them under contract. Her first film Three Smart Girls was produced for 326.00 dollars, but played well at the end of 1,635,000 U.S. dollars again. Durbin was so virtually overnight for the most - risen star of Studio - and for a long time only. Together with the director Henry Koster and producer Joe Pasternack all three came together again in the following year, to rotate the follow-up project 100 men and a girl. The studio now invested more than twice as much and realized at the end of a total box office receipts of nearly 2.3 million U.S. dollars. As a special coup was the obligation of Leopold Stokowski, who received the enormous salary of $ 80,000 for his appearance, traded, at the time known conductors at all. Stokowski, since 1912 chief conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, was an outspoken darling of the media, on the one hand due to its awe-inspiring exterior including an impressive hairstyle as well because of his affair with Greta Garbo. Garbo, who lived otherwise very withdrawn and avoided appearances in public, visited during the filming of the set to meet Stokowski. The press grazed the event of wide and reported in detail about the few words that taught the Swedish star also take the opportunity to Deanna Durbin.
The status of Deanna Durbin as a star was the fact that her name was announced only on the title and in the same size letters. The rank of Stokowski manifested itself in the entry as the last in the Credit and with the addition with. So it really special was highlighted. Following the success of the film Deanna Durbin received a new contract that guaranteed her one weeks salary of $ 3,000 per film and a special bonus of $ 10,000.
Music
As in Three Smart Girls, the film music used is characterized by a mix of classic pieces and well-known folk tune. Deanna Durbin had with It's Raining Sunbeams one of the biggest solo hit of her career.
- 4th movement of Symphony No. 5 in E minor by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Rákóczi March from La damnation de Faust by Hector Berlioz
- A Heart That's Free by Alfred G. Robyn and Thomas Railey
- Overture to the opera Zampa ou La Fiancée de marbre by Ferdinand Herold
- For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
- Prelude to Act 3 of the opera Lohengrin by Richard Wagner
- 4th movement ( Alleluia ) from the motet Exsultate, jubilate by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Lento a capriccio from the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt
- Arie Libiamo ne ' lieti calici from the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Reviews
"Charming, lively musical comedy. "
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1938, the film won an Oscar in the category:
- Best Original Score - Charles Previn
In addition, he received nominations in the following categories:
- Best Picture
- Best Original Story - Hanns Kräly
- Best Editing - Bernard W. Burton
- Best Sound - Homer G. Tasker