Helen Parrish 100 -- March 12, 2024

 

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Actress and singer Helen Parrish was born 100 years ago today, on 12-March-1924. She played a foil to Deanna Durbin in several movies. She made several appearances on television in the late 1940s and 1950s.

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Own Castle Films' New Comedy Sensation -- January 23, 2022

Movie Makers, March, 1950

For many years, Castle Films and Official Films were the two big distributors of home movies. 

In this ad, Castle offered the automotive cataclysm from the finale of WC Fields' last starring feature, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. In 1947, Universal took control of Castle Films, giving Castle access to Universal productions like Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. 

Other items include a Walter Lantz cartoon, which had been released by Universal, and a movie of Deanna Durbin, a Universal star, singing "Ave Maria." 

Deanna Durbin 100 -- December 4, 2021

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Actress and singer Deanna Durbin was born 100 years ago today, She had a wonderful voice and she had become a very good actress by the time she starred in Lady on a Train. She grew tired of the poor material that Universal provided for her movies and retired in 1948. She lived until 2013. 

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