Mad About Music
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick
Director: Norman Taurog, Joe Pasternak, Bruce Manning
Writer: Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson
Producer: Joe Pasternak
Mad About Music is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick. Based on a story by Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, the film is about a girl at an exclusive boarding school who invents an exciting father. When her schoolmates doubt his existence, she has to produce him.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story; Academy Award for Best Cinematography; Academy Award for Best Production Design; Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment.
- The original title was Father Meet Mother.
- The producer was Joe Pasternak; Henry Koster, who had directed Durbin's first two films, went on to The Rage of Paris.
- In October Norman Taurog signed to direct.
Previous Showings
3 Runs • 2 Festivals
869 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (April 10, 1938)
Original Run: April 10, 1938 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (3):
- April 10, 1938 (Sunday - Tuesday)Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall
- December 4 - 7, 2012 · 458 ticketsDeanna Durbin Festivalw/ That Certain Age
- November 23 - 24, 2023 · 411 ticketsHoliday Favorites plus Deanna Durbinw/ One Hundred Men and a Girl