It Started with Eve
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It Started with Eve is a 1941 musical romantic comedy film. A man's dying father wants to meet his new fiancée, but she is unavailable, so he substitutes a hat-check girl. Then the father unexpectedly recovers.
Charles Previn
and Hans J. Salter
were nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score
.
It was remade in 1964 as I'd Rather Be Rich
.
This is considered by most critic's to be Miss Durbin's best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer (Joe Pasternak) and director (Henry Koster) that had groomed her for stardom.
Charles Previn
Charles Previn
Charles Previn was an American film composer who was highly active at Universal in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s...
and Hans J. Salter
Hans J. Salter
Hans J. Salter was an American film composer.Hans J. Salter gained his education from the Vienna Academy Of Music, and studied composition with Alban Berg, Franz Schreker, and others. He was Music Director of the State Opera in Berlin before being hired to compose music at UFA studios...
were nominated for the Academy Award for Original Music Score
Academy Award for Original Music Score
The Academy Award for Original Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.-Superlatives:...
.
It was remade in 1964 as I'd Rather Be Rich
I'd Rather Be Rich
I'd Rather Be Rich is a 1964 romantic comedy film with musical aspects directed by Jack Smight, produced by Ross Hunter and starring Sandra Dee. The film focuses on dying man who wishes to meet his granddaughter's fiancé, but he is unavailable, so the woman persuades another man to substitute for...
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Cast
- Deanna DurbinDeanna DurbinDeanna Durbin is a Canadian-born, Southern California-raised retired singer and actress, who appeared in a number of musical films in the 1930s and 1940s singing standards as well as operatic arias....
as Anne Terry - Charles LaughtonCharles LaughtonCharles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and director.-Early life and career:...
as Jonathan Reynolds - Robert CummingsRobert CummingsCharles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings , mostly known professionally as Robert Cummings but sometimes as Bob Cummings, was an American film and television actor....
as Jonathan 'Johnny' Reynolds Jr. - Guy KibbeeGuy KibbeeGuy Bridges Kibbee was an American stage and film actor.Born in El Paso, Texas, Kibbee began his entertainment career on Mississippi riverboats and eventually became a successful Broadway actor...
as Bishop Maxwell - Margaret Tallichet as Gloria Pennington
- Catherine DoucetCatherine DoucetCatherine Doucet was an American actress. She appeared in over 30 films between 1915 and 1954.-Selected filmography:* Playing with Fire * The Steel Trail * Little Man, What Now?...
as Mrs. Pennington - Walter CatlettWalter CatlettWalter Catlett was an American actor. As a San Francisco citizen, he started out in vaudeville with a detour for a while in opera before breaking into films.-Early career:...
as Doctor Harvey - Charles Coleman as Roberts
- Leonard Elliott as Reverend Henry Stebbins
This is considered by most critic's to be Miss Durbin's best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer (Joe Pasternak) and director (Henry Koster) that had groomed her for stardom.