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...lion's share of this Adams total was accounted for by the individual purchases of Kurt Hoffman '44 which came to $118.75. This will entitle Hoffman to the receipt of a personal letter from personable Deanna Durbin, Universal's apple-checked song-stress, who recently promised an epistle to the Winner of last week's War Stamp and Bond contest...
...boost tottering War Bond sales among Harvard undergraduates, Hollywood's Deanna Durbin has volunteered to send a letter and autographed picture to the student who buys the most bonds and stamps next week...
Hollywood has a cute trick for booming a rising young star in his first picture. The credits for the film begin by listing all the established stars, and then add at the end the by-now hallowed phrase, "and introducing Abuer Yokum." It was used when Deanna Durbin, Veronica Lake, and John Garfield were "introduced" to cinema audiences. If there's any good luck charm attached to tacking a new star's name on at the end, instead of at the beginning of his starting venture, it has proved its validity in Paramount's "introduction" of Alan Ladd in "This...
...Deanna Durbin came out of two months of obscurity to announce that she was going to England with Husband Vaughn Paul to entertain troops and war workers. The 20-year-old singer, who has been idle ever since Universal suspended her in October, said Viscount Halifax had invited...
...half dozen air-raid shelters built by a Glendale contractor named Victor J. Nelson. The Nelson shelter was an above-ground type, attracted gapers, no buyers. But Nelson has plans for underground shelters, too, which the Defense Council has tentatively approved. Meanwhile in Hollywood Cinemactress Deanna Durbin is already building a house with a bombproof shelter. Miss Durbin said she didn't order it; the architect just put it in of his own accord...