Hers to Hold

Hers to Hold (1943)

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker). Developing a crush on much-older playboy Bill Morley (Joseph Cotton), Penelope stops at nothing to land the elusive Morley as her husband. Highlights include Durbin's renditions of "Begin the Beguine" and the "Seguidilla" from Carmen, and a captivating sequence that includes highlights from Durbin's earlier films, presented as home movies!

Data lansării
1943-07-16
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (9)
Durată
1 h 34 min
Genuri
Dramă, Muzică, Romantic
Regizor
Frank Ryan
Colecție
Three Smart Girls Trilogy

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Hers to Hold is a 1943 American romantic musical comedy film and is the third film in Three Smart Girls trilogy. In Hers to Hold, Deanna Durbin reprises her role as Penny Craig, who is the only sister remaining at home.

Production

Hers to Hold was originally planned to be filmed in 1942 and titled Three Smart Girls Join Up to be directed by Jean Renoir and produced by Bruce Manning with a screenplay by Paul Gallico and Richard J. Collins. It was based on a story by RAF pilot Derek Bolto, who sold it to Universal's office in London. The studio announced this project in April. It was to be Durbin's first film following her suspension by Universal in October 1941.

The pair were replaced when the producer felt that the film should be about the relationship of the three Craig sisters at home rather than the submitted screenplay about Penny's relationship with the other workers at the aircraft plant. In April Kay Van Riper was signed to do the script.

Filming was to start on 15 May 1942. Then in April Universal decided to put Durbin in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday first and assigned Renoir to that film, but he would not complete it.

In December, Universal announced that Bruce Manning, who produced and took over direction of Holliday would possibly produce and direct Smart Girls.

In January 1943 Universal revived the project. Frank Ryan, who worked on the script for The Amazing Mrs. Holliday, was attached to direct, and the title was changed as Hers to Hold.

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