Das Lied des goldenen Westens (1944)
25KDas Lied des goldenen Westens: Directed by Frank Ryan. With Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce. A senator’s daughter (who can’t help singing) follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush.
“This Durbin vehicle had just three songs worthy of Jerome Kern and E. Y. Harburg: u0026quot;More and More,u0026quot; u0026quot;Californ-i-ay,u0026quot; and the title song. These are really wonderful pieces, which fortunately recur throughout on a regular basis.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Technicolor is indeed glorious, and thereu0026#39;s nothing wrong with the casting. Itu0026#39;s also true that Durbin looks radiant in her first color film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlas, the rest of the score is a disappointment, simply lacking in inspiration. They try to beef it up with production values, to little avail. Likewise, the scriptu0026#39;s just not quite up to Deannau0026#39;s standards. One can admire the costumes, staging, photography–and those three songs. Durbin fans will be probably be pleased with everything here; others, probably less so.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s easy to see the Durbin magic as she lights up the screen with charisma and her beautiful voice. A pleasant trifle for the Durbin DVD u0026quot;Sweetheart Pack.u0026quot;”
