Very young Judy Garland and Deanna Durbin.wmv

[kerryincolumbus]

WHAT?? When did D. D. move to Canada to live? last I knew of, she was still living in France.. I think someone needs to check their facts... I could be wrong, but, I don't think so......

[TheRealGneiss]

@kerryincolumbus Yes Deanna still lives just outside Paris, France. She'll be 91 this year..

[coldocean]

It's from "That's Entertainment".  This segment on Judy Garland was narrated by her daughter Liza Minnelli

[SuperHartline]

I grew up in L.A. My father worked at Columbia. I had all sorts of connexions to showbiz. A relative of Lou Ostrow (MGM and RKO producer). Friends with Al Finestone's family. He worked at Paramount publicity. Another relative at Universal, etc. It was common knowledge. All those who worked with Garland on Wizard of Oz said how nice she was. Most of those at Fox such as Robert Stack commented on Durbin being a bitch.

[swinginkatz]

Thank You for the input..

[Fonseca429]

This is not the first film that both the girls made. The first was a one-reel that was lost. We can see that by Deanna´s name and song. They had been given by Universal. Deanna Durbin´s name at MGM was her real name, Edna May Durbin.

[SuperHartline]

Both girls are delightful on screen. Off screen Judy was just as genuine and sweet. Durbin was a banshee!! The nastiest bitch you'd care to meet. Superhartline.

[hoipolloi54]

@SuperHartline I'm curious.. how do you know what both girls were like off screen ? Did you know them personally?

[KevinRRose1]

@SuperHartline Did you read about Deanna being a bitch lol? That's hilarious! It's true, everyone loved Judy; especially as a child

[gemmagemmz]

I thought they didn't casst Shirley Temple because she wasn't a strong enough singer?

Either way Judy made a much better Dorothy :-D

[swinginkatz]

Thanks for the comment.

[bluexxg]

Deanna was a crazee fan of Wagner Operas and Mozartiana Concerts and German and French liedern...Judy was jewish of tin pan alley and Music Hall Americana..Deanna dislike jazz intensively

[ItsJillStrif]

@bluexxg Judy wasn't Jewish

[AVeryLongScreenName]

What is this from?

[TheRealGneiss]

@AVeryLongScreenName It's from Every Sunday 1936

[texasoperastar]

Mayer dropped Judy, but his staff dropped Deanna by mistake!!!!!!

[antinotis]

Dropping Deanna Durbin was a big mistake. MGM would have made her a big star and she and Judy were so different that each would have had their niche.

[swinginkatz]

@antinotis Thank You for watching.

[carmenjones411]

@antinotis I think that would have been even worse for Judy. Can you imagine her competing with Durbin at the same studio? Judy already lacked a good support system at home and MGM surely would have pitted the two against each other and Judy probably would have met her demise even earlier because the strain of it all.

[antinotis]

@carmenjones411 You may well be right. I don't believe this guff about Deanna being difficult. I do appreciate both of them and they are so different that I don't see why one cannot be a fan of both Judy and Deanna.

[HeatherGlen33]

@antinotis Durbin didn't like show business. They moved her from singing to a glamours movie, and she failed miserably. Judy could act. Lots of charmisa. Durbin married and had ( I think) 5 children and lived in Paris.

[antinotis]

@HeatherGlen33 Interesting comments. I think both could act and both ended up with short movie careers. Judy had to move on to concerts and TV. Not that I minded. She was phenomenal. Deanna was with Universal and they her mostly awful material and of course movie tastes changed after the war.