“Deanna Durbin's movies are about innocence and sweetness. They're from a different time and a different place. Outside the movie house, there was Depression, poverty, war, death, and loss. Audiences then were willing to pretend, to enter into a game… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
... in the movies Paris is designed as a backdrop for only three things--love, fashion shows, and revolution. — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
Everyone will tell you how rigid I am, but a teacher has to be flexible. You can't cut the student to your cloth; you… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies. — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
When Clark Gable, MGM's most popular and famous leading man asked for a percentage of the profits from his films, he was flatly refused.… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
A small town is automatically a world of pretense. Since everyone knows everyone else's business, it becomes the job of the populace to act… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
“Deanna Durbin's movies are about innocence and sweetness. They're from a different time and a different place. Outside the movie house, there was Depression,… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
Loving and appreciative, researched to a fare-thee-well, and pitched to both fans and first-time viewers of Singin' in the Rain, this delightful book delivers… — Jeanine Basinger Copy Share Image
