A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.A senator's daughter (who can't help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 2 nominations total
Olin Howland
- Bigelow
- (as Olin Howlin)
Enrique Acosta
- Passenger on Pier
- (uncredited)
Eddie Acuff
- Cavalry Officer
- (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
- Pioneer
- (uncredited)
Michael Ansara
- California Caballero
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
- Pioneer Woman - Warren's Mother
- (uncredited)
Roscoe Ates
- Lemuel
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is Deanna Durbin's only Technicolor vehicle. Unfulfilled plans to showcase her in color, proposed between 1938-53, included these eventually produced films: First Love (1939) (which starred her in black and white), Phantom of the Opera (1943) (Susanna Foster in Technicolor), Up in Central Park (1948) (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 8/3/1947, 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.
- GoofsAfter her bath Caroline changes into a clean white dress. However, she has had no access to her trunk where she would have kept her clothing. Such a voluminous dress couldn't have been stored in her hat-box or her small case, her only other luggage.
- Quotes
Miss McLean: [to Latham] You know the first time I saw you, you were riding in the park on a beautiful white steed. It was love at first sight. I'm convinced now it was the horse.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Hollywood on Trial (1976)
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I wanted to second the comments of Sdiner that "Can't Help Singing" is a lavishly produced and totally unappreciated color movie from the early 1940s. A local showing a couple of years ago brought out dozens of fans in Southern Utah, including many who remember seeing it in the 1940s and 2-3 people who were extras in the film. Many scenes were shot in the meadows of the Markagunt Plateau, near Navajo Lake, in southwestern Utah, and Deanna Durbin was filmed against the backdrop of nearby Cedar Breaks National Monument (not Bryce Canyon), not far from the resort town of Brian Head. A number of movies between 1938 and the mid-1950s used this "studio" for real-life scenery, movies like "The Outriders," "My Friend Flicka," and "Drums Along the Mohawk." These movies did much to open up the interest of Americans in the West and its national parks, but it was the glorious Technicolor that made and makes "Can't Help Singing" truly special.
- seegmiller
- Feb 11, 2007
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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