It's a Date (1940) |
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| Director(s) | William A. Seiter |
| Producer(s) | Joe Pasternak |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
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Deanna Durbin(as Pamela Drake)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
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1940
Deanna Durbin
(as Pamela Drake)
Kay Francis(as Georgia Drake)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
Kay Francis
(as Georgia Drake)
Walter Pidgeon(as John Arlen)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
Walter Pidgeon
(as John Arlen)
Eugene Pallette(as Gov. Allen)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
Eugene Pallette
(as Gov. Allen)
Henry Stephenson(as Capt. Andrew)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
Henry Stephenson
(as Capt. Andrew)
Samuel S. Hinds(as Sidney Simpson)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
Samuel S. Hinds
(as Sidney Simpson)
S.Z. Sakall(as Karl Ober)
It's a Date
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1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
S.Z. Sakall
(as Karl Ober)
Fritz Feld(as Oscar, the Headwaiter)
It's a Date
Released
1940
It's a Date
Released
1940
Fritz Feld
(as Oscar, the Headwaiter)
It's a Date Overview:
It's a Date (1940) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by William A. Seiter and produced by Joe Pasternak.
It's a Date BlogHub Articles:
Warner Archive: Deanna Durbin and Kay Francis in It's a Date (1940)
As a Kay Francis and Deanna Durbin completist, I was delighted to see the pair starring in the recent Warner Archive release of It's a Date (1940), which is making its DVD debut. The first of four films Durbin would make with director William Seiter at Universal Studios, it's a breezy, charming litt... Read full article
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It's a Date Quotes:
Karl Ober:
I can't work in New York anyway. Is this place far from here?
Pamela Drake: Oh, no, Mr. Ober, it's only Maine. You know where Maine is!
Karl Ober: No.
Pamela Drake: Oh, it's practically a few minutes from here! You could write fine there.
Sidney Simpson: 'A few minutes'!
Pamela Drake: [to Sidney, blithely] Yes!
[to Ober]
Pamela Drake: That's all, really.
Karl Ober: [wagging his finger] Then it isn't quiet enough. I have to go further away from New York.
Pamela Drake: Oh, good - it *is* far away! Takes a whole day to get there.
[to Sidney, brightly]
Pamela Drake: Really, I'm an awful liar, aren't I?
Sidney Simpson: Yes.
See More Quotes from It's a DatePamela Drake: Oh, no, Mr. Ober, it's only Maine. You know where Maine is!
Karl Ober: No.
Pamela Drake: Oh, it's practically a few minutes from here! You could write fine there.
Sidney Simpson: 'A few minutes'!
Pamela Drake: [to Sidney, blithely] Yes!
[to Ober]
Pamela Drake: That's all, really.
Karl Ober: [wagging his finger] Then it isn't quiet enough. I have to go further away from New York.
Pamela Drake: Oh, good - it *is* far away! Takes a whole day to get there.
[to Sidney, brightly]
Pamela Drake: Really, I'm an awful liar, aren't I?
Sidney Simpson: Yes.
It's a Date Facts
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S.Z. Sakall's American film debut.
In MGM's Technicolor remake, Nancy Goes to Rio, Jane Powell's repertoire included her rendition of a fabled aria sung by Deanna Durbin in Universal's black-and-write original: "Musetta's Waltz Song" from the opera "La Boheme" (music by 'Giacomo Puccini (I)', lyrics by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa). Worth noting is that Joe Pasternak, who departed Universal for the MGM's bigger budgets in late 1941, produced both musicals.