One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
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83% of critics liked it
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70% of users liked it
(135 ratings)
The girl is teenaged singing sensation Deanna Durbin; the one hundred men are out-of-work musicians. Still in her "little miss fix-it" stage, Durbin connives to help the musicians crack the big time. The person Durbin is most concerned with is her father (Adolphe Menjou) the 100th and most… More The girl is teenaged singing sensation Deanna Durbin; the one hundred men are out-of-work musicians. Still in her "little miss fix-it" stage, Durbin connives to help the musicians crack the big time. The person Durbin is most concerned with is her father (Adolphe Menjou) the 100th and most underemployed of the bunch. The men organize their own orchestra; all they need is a prestigious leader. Enter legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski, who after several refusals to listen to Durbin's entreaties is captivated when he hears the sounds of Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody, as played by 100 shabby instrumentalists camped out on the stairway of his house. This film literally saved Universal Studios from receivership in 1937, assuring Ms. Durbin a movie career until she was too rich to care. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Henry Koster
- Written By
- Bruce Manning, Charles Kenyon, Hans Kraly
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 5, 1937 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Universal survived the Depression thanks to Boris Karloff and Deanna Durbin, the latter horror being a reedy-voiced child star who infected a number of late 30s musicals before creeping puberty ended her career. This is one of her more tolerable vehicles.
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, Film4
Music by Mozart, Verdi and others, plus songs sung by the youthful Deanna, fill a brisk and rather charming 85 minutes.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
There are many child stars who have been horrors to work with, but that was not the case with Deanna Durbin, who was surely one of the most agreeable tykes ever to don greasepaint.
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Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies
The film doesn't pack any surprises, but ... there's sometimes a happy reassurance that comes from watching a movie you know won't surprise you.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ever so cloying as it serves up dollops of sweetness, but it's entertaining, satisfyingly fairy tale-like and put over with much skill.
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Cast
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Deanna Durbin
as Patricia Cardwell
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Adolphe Menjou
as John Cardwell
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Leopold Stokowski
as Himself
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Mischa Auer
as Michael Borodoff
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Eugene Pallette
as John R. Frost
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Alice Brady
as Mrs. Frost
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Frank Jenks
as Taxi Driver
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Edwin Maxwell
as Ira Westing Music Editor
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Jack Smart
as Stage Doorman
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John Hamilton
as Manager
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Jack Mulhall
as Rudolph a Bearded Musician
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Jed Prouty
as Tommy Bitters
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Christian Rub
as Gustave Bandstetter
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Rolfe Sedan
as Guest
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Gerald Oliver Smith
as Stevens butler
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Jameson Thomas
as Russell
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Hooper Atchley
as Guest
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Rosemary La Planche
as Girl
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Tommy Bitters
as Jed Prouty
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James Bush
as Music Lover
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Charles Coleman
as Guest
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Bess Flowers
as Party Guest
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Mary Forbes
as Theater Patron
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Billy Gilbert
as Garage Owner
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Howard Hickman
as Johnson
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Leonid Kinskey
as Pianist
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Alma Kruger
as Mrs. Tyler
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Eric Wilton
as Butler
