Deanna Durbin in "Spring Parade" (1940) 

Its amazing as a child 6 to 7 years old I remember watching deanna's films with my grandma, my grandma would come and say there is another film on are you coming to watch it with me. A glass of milk and some crispbreads with cheese. Unfortunately my grandma died when I was 7 years old but I never forgot loving deanna's films. Im 51 now and will always remember the films with fond memories.

I have been having a bad day, being in pain and miserable and remembered this movie I haven't watched yet and it made me smile and forget about the pain.

Deanna beautiful voice. Like Mario Lanza there will NEVER be another singer like them. Thank God for my Apple Phone recordings. I’ve been so lucky at 91 years To remember these singers. Xx❤

Wonderful movie! Two of my favorites are Bob Cummings and Deanna Durbin. They were in another adorable movie...can't remember the name...they make a great couple on screen. I grew up watching the Bob Cummings Show. Miss them both. Movies like this are a lost art.

I'm 65 normally I always have hateed musicals believe it or not I watched the whole thing loved the hell out of it!!!!!! CHEERS

I love reading the comments on ppl who have memories about these films

My Grandfather took me to see this movie, I still remember when we got home and he tried to explain the petticoat scene to my grand mother. "She had at least twenty petticoats on and she took them off one at a time." My grandmother "What kind of movies are you taking the child to?" I still love the movie.

My grandfather, Bruce Manning, wrote this screenplay, and I just love this movie! It was unavailable for so many years and I'm glad to see that it has started re-surfacing over the last couple of years. Thanks for posting this wonderful film.

My God this is the 3rd movie of Ms.Durbin's I have watched in 3 nights. I just decided to watch one, see what it was like. This story would make a fine musical even now on live stage. I had no idea she had just passed away in April 2013 until I bumped into that story. All this talent packed into one person - singing is superior, the acting superb, and even dancing. Most of today's "stars" could not do this well if their life depended on it. She set the standard very high. Bless her.

I was introduced to Deanna Durbin by one of my residents in the aged care I worked at. I always used to listen to Waltzing high in the clouds with my resident. Decided to finally watch the movie today. It is so good. Deanna Durbin is such an amazing singer and actress. I wish I've watched this movie way earlier.

I love Deanna Durbin’s voice I could listen to Deanna all day 💕😍🌈

Very cute movie. Thank you for sharing.

They don't make films like this any more. Thank you.

Deanna Durbin was just purely captivating... then the voice!

I was introduced to Deanna Durban at Stanford theater 2011 I liked her movies ever since great actress!!!

I've got so used to HD now, it's like watching without my spectacles on. That being said these movies were a lot more wholesome and innocent and kept the pretence that Hollywood was paved with gold. May Deanna and all who worked in that industry during its formative years, rest in peace.

Through her music, she will live forever and still be entertaining people a thousand years from now.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE. PLEASE POST MORE OF DEANNA'S MOVIES IF YOU HAVE THEM.

A lovely kind of "Sound of Music" 40's style with the irresistible charming Deanna Durbin as a Julie Andrews precursor, mutatis mutandis. Wonderful script plot and above all casting. Goodness and beauty brought together in wholesome amusing and winning combination.

She had one of the great voices of the 30s and 40s as great as any at the Metropolitan Opera at the time. In fact the Metropolitan was interested in her but she voluntarily and abruptly ended her career and went into retirement. She was not the sweet girl image that Hollywood constantly projected, She was also a brilliant actress when allowed to be. A great talent almost wasted in Hollywood. Correct she should be recognized as one of the greats whose talents were limited by Hollywood

Dear Deanna RIP- A great actress, singer and comedian Thanks for leaving all these wonderful movies. My mother and grandmother loved you too!

Good movie and I really liked Deanna Durbin's singing voice :) I can't get that waltz music out of my mind! It's so beautiful :) Thank you JB1912JB for sharing it :)

I would have loved to have met this beautiful young musically talented lady! And protected and defended her from the liars deceivers and thieving wolves in Hollywood!

Last saw this 60 years ago and it still hasn't aged, except like fine wine.

I absolutely love this movie. I love Deanna Durbin. She is one of my favorite actress. She is very lovely and talented. Thank you for making it available to watch over and over again.

Pity we don't have singers like this again

OMG! I’m in love after five minutes. Deeana Durban! Where ya been all my life?

She had it all, beauty, voice, and a brilliant actress, I have the box set, she was always chasing older men, she was known as Winnipegs sweetheart, Winston Churchill, said Deanna durbin was his favourite actress, Anne Frank had an LP of her songs. Deanna durbin was the full package, brilliant!

Positively adorable movie. They just don't make them like this anymore. Deanna Durbin had a wonderful voice and was pretty as a picture. Brilliant actress.

What a great voice she had

Simply the Best movie I have ever seen!.... Thank you.. :)

For some utterly stupid reason, a legal one as usual - the "Rights" to this film were lost - the only reason this copy, a 16mm one exists, it was presented to Deanna's parents & "Somehow" a fan obtained access to it, made a copy - a pretty good one - that you are now watching! I'm sure a good 35mm copy or even a positive master, still exists in Universal's archive. It should be properly released on DVD for all of Edna mae's many fans - worldwide to enjoy.

Deanna Durbin the greatest singer and actress

deanna durbin's my idol too , and i love opera , deanna has such a lovely voice

I have just watched the entire film (thank you) and from feeling fed up, I am now feeling happy. What a wonderful voice Ms Durbin has.

What a great film this is they don't make films like this anymore shame it is

Sweet memories

I have only recently come to know the magical Deanna Durbin. I am in awe of her as both a singer and an actress. Extraordinary!

I HAD NEVER SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE WITH DEANNA DURBIN...I COULDN'T STOP SMILING THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH & THAT OLD BAKER WHO WAS IN SO MANY MOVIES, JUST LOVE HIM...I LOVE THE WALTZES; AND MY 2XG-GRANDMOTHER WAS NAMED AFTER THE CITY 'VIENNA'...;)

My mom had a trained voice for operetta... she was a soprano. After watching this movie I understand more than ever why Deanna Durbin was her idol her whole life and why she loved her so much. Deanna Durbin really did have an incredible voice and was very beautiful! I really enjoyed this movie and it is especially dear to my heart because it`s actually a Hungarian musical and my family is Hungarian. One viewing of this film and it`s already on my list of all-time favourites!

So talented and delightful singer and actor. ♥️❤️💙🌹💗

Such a pretty movie. Just the thing for days like this.

Deanna Durbin's singing brought tears to my eyes it was so beautiful.

Deanna Durbin had a beautiful voice. She was a contemporary of Judy Garland, and Judy quickly rose to stardom while Deanna took on lesser roles. Nonetheless, Deanna was wonderful! 💐

Gee, that's the best movie I've seen in a long time! I haven't seen any actresses I like enough to call them my favorite until now. My, my, what a fantastic movie. Definitely one of my favorites now! Thank you very much for posting it!

Deanna Durbin is 90 years old and thankfully still with us.

I have just started to like Deanna Durbin movies. I recall watching a few on tv in the late 1970s but I never liked them or any of those boring musicals as a teenager. I had no idea who she was as most actresses from that period looked the same to me. I mainly had preferred action adventure and science fiction movies back then.Deanna looks much older than a young eighteen year old in this film. She had a nice speaking voice too.

What a great voice she had my sister seen all her films she loved them all

I've been staring at the screen waiting for the movie to continue. I remember having watched this movie as a young kid with my parents some 40 some years ago. Thank you. It's a great way to start the week.

This has to be one of the greatest movies I ever saw. I must have laughed at least five times. And for the last two minutes I just couldn't keep myself from smiling. I LOVE THIS MOVIE.

"Spring parade" est à mon sens un film majeur du cinéma mondial, au même titre que les réalisations de Frank Capra...et c' est peu dire ! Deanna Durbin porte ce film de la tête et des épaules, et bien que chaque acteur joue superbement, cette chanteuse et actrice extraordinaire est ici au sommet de son art. Les qualités vocales de Deanna durbin sont prodigieuses, et je ne trouve personne dans son registre vocal pour égaler ses performances, mais surtout pour dire les choses, son naturel et l' émotion qu' elle procure à l' écoute de sa voix. Deanna est l' exemple typique de ce que nous appelons de nos jours une enfant précoce, à treize ans, sa voix était déjà parfaitement mature ( Il Bacio) et les airs complexes de l' opéra à sa portée...( "voir One hundred Men and a girl" 1937)...et donc les plus grands chef d' orchestre ( Stokowsky) étaient honorés de la conduire et des compositeurs particuliers, comme Robert Stolz, de même.... Dans ce film, en 1940, Deanna n' a que 18 ans, et la performance est totale, sous les musiques entre autre de Robert Stolz, un compositeur d' opérettes entre autres, spécialiste des valses et de l' esprit de Vienne, qui pendant la guerre, se trouvait en Amérique....et le scénariste originel du thème aussi....( Ernst Marischka) bref, c' est une équipe de premier ordre qui nous montre de façon joyeuse et douce, que la concorde des peuples est possible et souhaitable, et que l' exemple Autrichien, de tous temps, est un bon exemple. Deanna joue le rôle d' une jeune Hongroise, Ilonka Tolnay...le film est truffé de "clins d' yeux" à la situation internationale, les jeux de mots sont constants et partout, les "Viennoiseries" typiques du film s' appellent de Stloz-sticks"....en référence à la baguette du chef d' orchestre autant que celle du compositeur Robert Stolz.. Spring Parde était un thème déjà pensé et filmé en 1934, déjà réalisé avec Universal, dans sa filiale allemande, mais, la montée du Nazisme avait obligé l' équipe, constituée de nombreuses personnalités juives de tourner à Vienne, en Autriche. Joe Pasternak et Ernst Marischka travaillèrent à la réalisation des deux films, 1934 et 1940. Beaucoup de personnes pensent que si l' empire Austro-Hongrois n' avait pas disparu, la guerre n' aurait pas eut lieu....... Les artistes qui ont travaillé à ce film "spring parade" sont des humanistes, des hommes et femmes de grand courage et d' espérance, et ils ont mis en leur temps, toutes leurs compétances pour nous offrir un espace de vie, un lieu d' espérance et de bonheur, et tout au long de leur vie, ils ont agi de la même façon. A Vienne, Robert Stolz est très connu, et sa mémoire est immense et respectée, à juste titre, comme l' héritier des Strauss....mais avec cette notion honorable de l' engagement pour une grande cause, la paix, la liberté et la communion des hommes, des peuples. Il faut comprendre que cet homme fut au début de la guerre arrêté et interné dans un camp français, et que par chance libéré, il rejoignit l' Amérique avec son épouse, non sans avoir été déchu de sa nationalité allemande et tous ses biens confisqués ! Quelques semaines après, il donnait les valses de Vienne au Carnegie Hall !...ils ne rentrèrent à Vienne qu' en 1946. Deanna Durbin est une femme d' exception, et elle aura toujours chanté avec grande dignité, et dans son registre à la tessiture large, elle nous aura donné le plus bel "Ave Maria" que je connaisse....et bien que la partition soit simple, la chanter avec délicatesse et la fragilité requise n' est pas une chose acquise à toutes, à tous...même la Callas échoua piteusement sur le sujet....qui à des oreilles entende. mais je reste ébloui par sa performance de " none shall sleep" ( Nessun Dorma, Puccini) dans le film " his buttler sister", confondant de réalisme, l' âme au bord des lèvres...de loin pas une voix de comédienne, bien plus qu' une voix d' opéra et donc sans aucun "théâtre", mais bien un Être, une Voix. Cette performance , comme de nombreuses autres de Deanna Durbin furent reprises par la très jeune Jackie Evancho entre ses dix et douze ans !..., avec la même intensité, chantant "dans les pas" de son aînée, ...à mon sens les deux grandes interprètes virtuoses majeures de " l' Enfance Précoce". vaste sujet...... Deanna Durbin nous à quitté récement, ( quelle perte !), et ce n' est pas un hasard si elle est venue passer la majeure partie de sa vie en France, dans les Yvelines....ce petit côté universel, chez elle , lui permettait de penser avec le coeur, c' était une femme de coeur. D' ailleurs, pour une Canadienne, c' était bien agréable de reconnaître ses origines et y revenir...car bien que ses parents étaient Britanniques de Manchester, et si tout n' incombe pas aux Français, les canadiens et particulièrement les Québécois connaissent leur histoire, et leur origine...., en effet, Samuel Champlain (explorateur et cartographe de Brouage, près de La Rochelle, en Charente Maritime), nomma "la nouvelle France", ancien nom du Canada (1607), et il fonda la ville de Québec (1608) !...sans compter ses suivants, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve et Jeanne Mance qui fondèrent " Ville Marie" (Montréal)....( en partant, là, de La Rochelle, 1641) Voici dans ce petit historique, exactement l' exemple et l' esprit de concorde et de filiation, humaine ou culturelle, que la société de production Universal avait mis en scène à travers ce film "Spring Parade". et le produire en plein totalitarisme Nazi était prodigieux, courageux, évocateur ! Christian Guignard 08-09-2016

*R.I.P.* We still love you, Deanna. 💜

Que agradable ver esta película otra vez después de tantos años. Deanna Durbin era la alegría de los españoles durante aquellos años terribles de la post guerra. Rest in peace Deanna.

When she left Hollywood she just let every one know she was real, not just film. Most people cannot amagen her fam and how it keep her from living. She was so very nice about it. I was just a drip in the title wave. A drip is no problem but title waves can do you in. We were very lucky to have her for a time. My prayers a for her families lost may she RIP.

So touching

It's wonderful to see this again after so many years.

BEST FILM EVER!!!!!!!!! 😃 As well as all her other films I watched! 😁😄

What a cutie movie!

what an angel.

Loved it.

So Beautiful.

Amazing. Wonderful!!!!! Too good this movie!!!! Too good!!!

I knew that there must be movies with Deanna Durbin and this is one of them. Thanks!

Absolutely marvelous great film and her voice unbelievable

So humorous & funny sometimes like a Tom boy I like her characteristic nature My dad loved her. She had a beautiful heart. God bless her soul forever. Loved watching her movies as a kid. I wish young people would appreciate this generation of movies. I'm 32 and it was way before my time but I love her and continue to like her voice and her movies.

I watch this movie over & over again cuz I love it - EVERYTIME I see the goat part when she says "where's that stick!!!" I laugh out loud every single time - ;o) I love S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall & Robert Cummings - My other favorite part is when she dances with Mischa Auer - Can you imagine how many times they had to practice that dance ? - I've danced the chardash before & it's not easy, but it's lots of fun - thanks for the upload JB1912JB ! - mmc >^..^

Vielen Dank !!!

I will forever love Deanna Durbin she will forever be my favorite actress from the 1930's this is one of my favorite movies of hers. I was shocked when I found out that shat she passes away in April 2013 and I wish I had known years before that if she was still alive I would have written a fan letter to her . I discovered her in 2006 when I went to the library and checked out The Sweetheart Pack for the first time and I fell in love with her films and as years went on I watched her other films and I fell in love with her more and more

Beautiful singing and music

They don't make films like this anymore what a same

Spring parade was never released commercially as universal lost the rights in 1945. The daughter of the script writer was willing to give them the rights back to universal. By 1949 Deanna Durbin had retired. Universal by then weren't interested. Also it's the only film she made abroad.

Dee-lightful!!! Thank you so much for posting!

waltzing high in the clouds #1 song

I LOVE TO WHISTLE - Thank you for the memory of my Youth. Long, lomg ago :)

Thank you for the lovely movie.

I love Deanna Durbin 1940

Мой приятеятель Игорь Данилов смотрел этот фильм во время войны под Мурманском с американцами .Запомнил он шоколад и этот фильм. Фильм этот для людей с добрым сердцем!

Thank you, it's delightful! Love DD movies...

what a wonderful movie Deanna Durbin what a wonderful voice beauty and brains I loved horror movies for years before the upload :)

Universal Pictures Hollywood studios` "Spring Parade" is actually a remake of a movie entitled "Fruhlingsparade", also produced by Joe Pasternak but at Universal`s Schonbrunn srudio in Vienna and Budapest`s Hunnia Studios, being released in 1934. Written by Ernst Marishka and directed by Geza von Bolvary: music by Austrian composer Robert Stolz. Its lead actress was Franciska Gaal, a Hungarian lady quite famous in Germany between 1931 and 1935, and a protegee of German-American Joe Pasternak. Some minor differences in costume but plot essentially the same. Incidentally the wonderful Deanna Durbin`s voice and movies were idolised by many millions of people, including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Her singing voice was to inspire prima donna Maria Callas to enter the world of Opera. Happy viewing. Chris Pirie .

In Austria (and Europa) only the Version with the young Romy Schneider is well known to the audience. Spring Parade is here a hidden gem and I say "thank you" for uploading it. Funny to see, how Hollywood saw the "old emporer" Franz Joseph, but to be honest, the actor playing him is better then many of the german stars, impersonating the "good old kaiser". Deanna is now on my list of favourits - what a magnifisant voice, and what a cute actress.

What a great voice she had, lucky to get to hear her we are

that was adorable.

Awww..that was great. I had never seen this on before tonight. Thank you for posting it.

This is a Incredible Movie.

Just Wonderful. Thanks!

Dawne,z nutką rozrzewnienia...;)Oglądane z mamą :)

Thanks for sharing. Never seen this one before and have been a fan of hers for years

A new 35 mm print was made by the Library of Congress and was shown at the Stanford Theater in Palo Alto in December 2012 and at the Library of Congress Packard Theater in Culpeper, VA tonight (June 1, 2013) and it looks great!

Как же можно её не любить?!!!

Another MOST Excellent movie starring Deanna Durbin and her incredible voice.

Deanna Durbin and Bob Cummings were good together😊 Sweet movie.

Великая киноактриса! Такие- на вес золота!!

It's definitely one of her best vehicles. All the more surprising, then, that it hasn't had an official DVD release. As well as that special lady, it also benefits from a host of wonderful characters actors in support. Robert Cummings is wonderful as always.

1:22:17 this is the same music played by the orchestra in "It Started With Eve" (1939) also starring Deanna Durbin and Robert Cummings. (there used to be a book containing musical phrases - written in standard A thru G note form - and all normalized to the key of C Major / C minor - and arranged in alphabetical order - by which one could identify the name of the piece.)

deanna was from my mums era but watching her act and sing is great she was a fine actress with a beautiful voice its so sad that she has passed away the world has lost a gem r i p deanna

I'm only 24 years old and live in Germany, so I wasn't able to watch these movies in cinema. But I could watch all of Deanna's movies in the past few years.^^ This one is one of my favorites, together with "His butler's sister". Unfortunately I don't like many of the newer movies. XD

When the costume designer had fun!

I would watch these movies with my daughter. The make believe world is good.

The various shades of gray, and the sheen of the film are very pleasing to me ~