Table of Contents
Prologue-"Winnipeg's Sweetheart" vii
Chapter 1 Deanna's Early Life 1
Chapter 2 From MGM to Universal (1935-1936) 9
Chapter 3 Two Smart Men 23
Chapter 4 Three Smart Girls (1936) 35
Chapter 5 Jenny Lind in Short Socks (1937) 43
Chapter 6 One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) 53
Chapter 7 Durbin-Darfy (1937) 65
Chapter 8 Prints at the Chinese Theatre (1938) 75
Chapter 9 Deanna Durbin Devotees 85
Chapter 10 Academy Award (1939) 95
Chapter 11 The Kiss (1939) 103
Chapter 12 A Dash of Sophistication (1940) 109
Chapter 13 The Greatest Love Story (1941) 119
Chapter 14 Greetings from Mussolini (1941) 131
Chapter 15 Camp Tour (1942) 143
Chapter 16 Deanna in WWII 153
Chapter 17 War-Themed Movies (1943) 165
Chapter 18 The "Nightclub Singer" (1943/1944) 179
Chapter 19 Two New Mothers (1945) 187
Chapter 20 Highest-Paid Woman in America (1947) 195
Chapter 21 Perhaps (1948) 203
Chapter 22 Happily Ever After 213
Chapter 23 Six Decades of Obscurity 225
Notes 237
Bibliography 239
Index 253
Acknowledgments and Author's Note 259