Can't Help Singing (1944)
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58% of users liked it
(98 ratings)
Deanna Durbin's first Technicolor feature is a lavish musical western, replete with a Jerome Kern-E. Y. Harburg score. Set in the mid-19th century, the story finds Caroline (Durbin), daughter of a wealthy senator, bound and determined to wed dashing cavalry officer Lawlor (Robert Paige). When… More Deanna Durbin's first Technicolor feature is a lavish musical western, replete with a Jerome Kern-E. Y. Harburg score. Set in the mid-19th century, the story finds Caroline (Durbin), daughter of a wealthy senator, bound and determined to wed dashing cavalry officer Lawlor (Robert Paige). When the officer is transferred to California, Caroline chases after him, encountering prospectors, bandits and Indians all along the way. That's about all that happens, save for a few awkward slapstick moments wherein the pleasantly plump Ms. Durbin falls into various bodies of water. Lensed on location in Utah, Can't Help Singing is entertaining enough, but wasn't sufficient to halt the downward slide of Deanna Durbin's popularity. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Ryan
- Written By
- Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ryan
- Genres
- Western, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 1944 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
This mediocre musical, starring Deanna Durbin in her only color film, was nominated for two Oscars.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's the first and only film Deanna Durbin did in Technicolor.
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Cast
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Deanna Durbin
as Caroline Frost
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Robert Paige
as Johnny Lawlor
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Akim Tamiroff
as Gregory Stroganovsky
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David Bruce
as Lieut. Robert Latham
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Leonid Kinskey
as Koppa
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Ray Collins
as Sen. Frost
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June Vincent
as Jeannie McLean
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Andrew Tombes
as Sad Sam
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Thomas Gomez
as Jake Carstairs
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Clara Blandick
as Aunt Cissy Frost
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Olin Howland
as Bigelow
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George Cleveland
as Marshal
- Roscoe Ates
- Chester Conklin
- Edward Earle
- Frank Lackteen
- Almira Sessions
