Something in the Wind (1947)
Something in the Wind (1947)Directed byIrving Pichel
Deanna Durbin .... Mary Collins
John Dall .... Donald Read
Donald O'Connor .... Charlie Read
Jean Adair .... Aunt Mary Collins
Yes, the DVD finally worked but I was only able to watch "Something in the Wind" and not "Three Smart Girls", which were both on the same side of the disk. The DVD quality (of this movie at least) wasn't terrible like i expected. Futhermore, Universal actually put time and effort into making the box decorative. Seeing this boxset made me kind of dissapointed at the one for Carole Lombard's collection, both of which were distributed by Universal. Anyways, to the movie .... Something in the Wind was one of the latter movies of Deanna Durbin's Career (she quit at 27!). I really haven't seen any other movies by Ms. Durbin except for "Christmas Holiday", which co-starred Gene Kelly and it was a film noir ... Something in the Wind began with Mary Collins (Durbin) being mistaken for her Aunt Mary Collins, who had been receiving financial assistances from the late Patriarch of the Reads family. Donald Read (Dall) had plans to be marry Clarissa and does not want this "scandal" to ruin the family's good name. Charlie (O'Connor) was the third cousin of Donald and saw through Mary (Mary had claimed she was indeed THE Mary Collins and had even added a baby on the side after Donald and Charlie kidnapped her to their house). However, Charlie aided Mary because he was in love with Clarissa and he believed that Clarissa only wanted to marry Donald for his money. A few songs here (including an unconventional jazz number for Durbin) ... a few dances there ... and surprise! ... Mary and Donald get together. In addition to the jazz number, Durbin also sang an operatic duet with Tony (Jan Peerce) while in the jail cell! The movie was entertaining and I actually had some laughs. It was rather silly but I think the purpose of the movie was to showcase the voice of Ms. Durbin anyways.
6.8/10 - There just wasn't that "something" there .. plus, Donald O'Connor was more entertaining than the male lead, Dall, who was pretty wooden. John Dall was also in Hitchcock's "Rope" and "Gun Crazy", which was a very entertaing Bonnie and Clyde-ish film noir.
posted by Dairy Fairy @ 11:34 a.m.
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