Cecilia Loftus

Дианна Дурбин/ Это - свидание/4 часть

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Это - свидание (IT'S A DATE) - 1940 - 4 - лучший фильм/муз. комедия мирового кино. Лучшая роль Дианны (Дины) Дурбин (Deanna Durbin).. After a long, successful run, actress and singer Georgia Drake (Kay Francis) is closing her latest stage triumph, "Gypsy Lullaby."  Her director, Sidney Simpson (Samuel S. Hinds) is excited since European playwright Carl Ober (S.Z. Sakall) has written a brand new play, "St. Anne" which is destined to be a hit and she is slated to star in the title role.     Meanwhile, Georgia's daughter Pamela (Deanna Durbin) is visiting her mother in New York from Maine with her friend Freddie Miller (Lewis Howard).  They belong to a theater group in Maine, and Pamela pesters Sidney for some sets and props for use in one of their productions, and also for a role in his new play.  Sidney informs her that the only open part is an old, Irish maid and convinces her that she is wrong for the part.  Pamela then confirms the date that Sidney set to direct her theater group in a play.  Sidney tells Carl Ober that some of his play needs re-writing and tells him to come to Maine with him, where it is nice and quiet, so that he can work on it.  Georgia sets off for Hawaii to take a break and study her new role.     After conferring with each other about the weak part in Ober's play which needs re-writing, Sidney and Carl decide that Pamela's theater group should perform that particular act, and see how it goes over.  Pamela takes the lead role of St. Anne and gives a wonderful performance.  Carl and Sidney realize that Georgia is too old to be believable in the role of a 20 year old woman, and so they give the role to Pamela, who is ecstatic, but decides to keep it under wraps so as to avoid any excitement.  She too, sets off for Hawaii to join her mother and study the role which will give her her big break, not knowing that she will be replacing her mother.     On the ship to Hawaii, Pamela manages to confuse some crew members with her lovesick speeches, which are actually part of the play.  One night, the captain (Henry Stephenson) and his friend, John Arlen (Walter Pidgeon) overhear the young girl, whom they believe to be very despondent.  In order to cheer her up, they decide to play a little game, with John posing as a stowaway.  He succeeds in tricking her into thinking he is a stowaway, but soon tires of the charade when she starts bringing him food constantly and watching over him.  She soon finds out about the whole thing and becomes infuriated.     After apologizing, John tries to console her with advice about love, not knowing that she is actually only rehearsing a part.  She mistakes this advice as a proposal, and turns him down.  They arrive in Hawaii and Pamela is delighted to see her mother again.     At their home in Hawaii, she hears her mom rehearsing the same lines she was on the boat, and realizes that Georgia must be up for the part of St. Anne as well.  Saddened, she decides to relinquish the role of a lifetime to her mother.  Then, a call comes on the telephone, and Pamela picks it up.  It is a telegram from Sidney, who is calling Georgia to tell her that he has "news" and that Pamela is on her way to Hawaii.  Knowing that the news will take her mother out of "St. Anne," she tells her mother that a man she met on the boat, named John Arlen is in love with her and wants to go to dinner with them.  Georgia is shocked at his age, but agrees.     Pamela manages to convince John to take them to dinner, though he agrees rather reluctantly.  Now that her mother is out of the house, Pamela manages to call Sidney and tell him that she doesn't want the role.  Meanwhile, John has become smitten with Georgia, and soon starts seeing a lot of both of them.  This confuses Georgia's maid Sara (Cecilia Loftus) who wants to know who he really loves.     Finally, John tells Sara that he wants to propose to Georgia, though Pamela also tells her that she wants to marry John, and settle for a life away from the theater.  They all go to the Governor's Ball, where John hopes to pop the question to Georgia.  Pamela is upset when she finds out that her mother has accepted, though only temporarily.  She decides to take the part of St. Anne after all, and is a smash when it debuts on the stage.