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Can't Help Singing

Year:

1944

Duration:

90 min

Genres:

Musical | Western

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Frank Ryan

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1944-12-29

Filming Locations: Duck Creek, Kanab, Utah, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Gertrude Astor

Deanna Durbin

Caroline

Robert Paige

Lawlor

Akim Tamiroff

Gregory

David Bruce

Latham

Leonid Kinskey

Koppa

June Vincent

Miss McLean

Ray Collins

Senator Frost

Andrew Tombes

Sad Sam

Thomas Gomez

Carstairs

Clara Blandick

Aunt Cissy

Olin Howland

Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)

George Cleveland

Marshal

Enrique Acosta

Passenger on Pier (uncredited)

Eddie Acuff

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Roscoe Ates

Lemuel (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Customer (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Bath House Barber (uncredited)

Joseph E. Bernard

Boat Official (uncredited)

Gladys Blake

Townswoman (uncredited)

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Carstairs (uncredited)

James Bush

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Nina Campana

Mexican Woman (uncredited)

Jack Clifford

Townsman (uncredited)

Iron Eyes Cody

Indian Scaring Caroline (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Townsman (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Waiter (uncredited)

Leon Cortez

Townsman (uncredited)

Kernan Cripps

Boat Official (uncredited)

Ruby Dandridge

Henrietta (uncredited)

Frank Darien

Old Man (uncredited)

Rico De Montez

Townsman (uncredited)

Edward Earle

President Polk (uncredited)

George Eldredge

Capt. Sherwood (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Mrs. Brown (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Bartender (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

Bath House Attendant (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Gunman (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Mr. Brown (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Albert (uncredited)

John James

Dispatch Rider (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Jeff (uncredited)

Frank Lackteen

Man with Gunfighter (uncredited)

George J. Lewis

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

George Lloyd

Proprietor (uncredited)

Robert McKenzie

Storekeeper (uncredited)

Frank Melton

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Art Miles

Townsman (uncredited)

Dennis Moore

Cavalry Officer Near Independence Dock (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Sucker (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Elderly Townsman (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

Townswoman (uncredited)

Bob Perry

Gunner's Helper (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Guide (uncredited)

Theodore Rand

Specialty Dance Team Member (uncredited)

Renie Riano

Spinster Exiting Bathhouse (uncredited)

Virginia Sale

Townswoman (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

Elderly Townsman (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Peon (uncredited)

Almira Sessions

Lemuel's Wife (uncredited)

Freddie Steele

Crewman (uncredited)

Jack Stoney

Frontiersman (uncredited)

Glenn Strange

Gunman (uncredited)

William Sundholm

Lincoln (uncredited)

Forrest Taylor

Doc Crane (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Phil Warren

Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Harry Woods

Gunman Disliking Prying (uncredited)

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Trivia

Over its December 1944-January 1945 run at Lowe's Criterion Theatre in Manhattan, this film broke the attendance record.

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This movie is Deanna Durbin's only Technicolor vehicle. Unfulfilled plans to showcase Miss Durbin in color, proposed between 1938 and 1953, included these eventually produced films: First Love (1939) (which starred Miss Durbin in black and white), Phantom of the Opera (1943) (Susanna Foster in Technicolor), Up in Central Park (1948) (Miss Durbin in black and white), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) (Rhonda Fleming in Technicolor), Melba (1953) (Patrice Munsel in Technicolor), Kiss Me Kate (1953) (Kathryn Grayson in Anscocolor), The Student Prince (1954) (Ann Blyth in Anscocolor) and Song of Norway (1970) (Florence Henderson in Color by DeLuxe). As reported by A.H. Weiler in The New York Times on August 3, 1947, Deanna Durbin was being offered a black-and-white filming in Britain of The Beggar's Opera (1953), which ultimately featured Dorothy Tutin portraying Polly Peachum in Technicolor.