{"id":25804,"date":"2012-05-11T09:51:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T16:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25804"},"modified":"2021-02-03T12:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:09:40","slug":"one-hundred-men-and-a-girl-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25804","title":{"rendered":"One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Maybe we need more orchestras!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Deanna Durbin) of an out-of-work classical trombonist (Adolph Menjou) convinces a wealthy socialite (Alice Brady) to fund the creation of a new orchestra &#8212; but when Brady&#8217;s husband (Eugene Pallette) finds out, he refuses to let the scheme move forward; meanwhile, the great conductor Leopold Stokowski is equally adamant in his refusal to help Durbin or her father.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adolph Menjou Films<\/li>\n<li>Deanna Durbin Films<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Put On a Show!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDeanna Durbin&#8217;s follow-up to her breakthrough role in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25855\"><em>Three Smart Girls<\/em> (1936)<\/a> was this hyperkinetic fairytale about a can-do teen with enough tenacity and persistence to overcome literally any obstacle placed in her way. For Depression-era audiences, a story about how nearly impossible it is for the have-nots to gain access to a world of employment and privilege must have felt right on target, but today the film simply comes across like a Vehicle &#8212; both for Durbin (who, naturally, is asked to sing a few random songs) and for Stokowski (who, naturally, gets to conduct a few pieces with his orchestra). While there&#8217;s something undeniably admirable about Durbin&#8217;s fearless performance (she rarely pauses to take a breath), her character eventually wears on one&#8217;s nerves; she&#8217;s like Judy Garland in overdrive, minus the vulnerability. All film fanatics should be familiar with Durbin&#8217;s work, given what an erstwhile phenomenon she was &#8212; but I recommend sticking with <em>Three Smart Girls<\/em> instead.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deanna Durbin&#8217;s enthusiastic (if ultimately wearying) performance as Patsy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Durbin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Durbin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Durbin.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Durbin-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/One-Hundred-Men-and-a-Girl-Durbin-300x220.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is really only must-see for Durbin enthusiasts. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0029347\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2392&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/85684\/one-hundred-men-and-a-girl#articles-reviews?articleId=115788\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoreader.com\/chicago\/one-hundred-men-and-a-girl\/Film?oid=1061917\">Chicago Reader Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinkworks.com\/movies\/m\/one.hundred.men.and.a.girl.1937.shtml\">At a Glance Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Maybe we need more orchestras!&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Deanna Durbin) of an out-of-work classical trombonist (Adolph Menjou) convinces a wealthy socialite (Alice Brady) to fund the creation of a new orchestra &#8212; but when Brady&#8217;s husband (Eugene Pallette) finds out, he refuses to let the scheme move forward; meanwhile, the great conductor Leopold Stokowski is equally adamant in his refusal to help Durbin or her father. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Adolph Menjou Films Deanna Durbin Films &#8220;Let&#8217;s Put On&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=25804\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25804"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68319,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25804\/revisions\/68319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}