Can't Help Singing

Can't Help Singing
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Ryan
Screenplay by
Story by
  • John D. Klorer
  • Leo Townsend
Based onGirl of the Overland Trail
by Samuel J. and Curtis B. Warshawsky
Produced byFelix Jackson
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byTed J. Kent
Music byH.J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 25, 1944 (1944-12-25)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,600,000[1]

Can't Help Singing is a 1944 American musical western film directed by Frank Ryan and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, and Akim Tamiroff.[2] Based on a story by John D. Klorer and Leo Townsend, the film is about a senator's daughter who follows her boyfriend West in the days of the California gold rush. Durbin's only Technicolor film, Can't Help Singing was produced by Felix Jackson and scored by Jerome Kern with lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.[3]

The movie was one of the most expensive in Universal's history.[1]

  1. ^ a b "U's 1944–45 Production Budget". Variety. July 12, 1944. p. 21.
  2. ^ Crowther, Bosley (December 26, 1944). "THE SCREEN; 'Can't Help Singing,' in Which Deanna Durbin Goes West to Find Her Man and Music, Is New Feature at the Criterion". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Speed, Maurice F. Film Review 1945. MacDonald, 1945.