Hers to Hold

The story

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker). Developing a crush on much-older playboy Bill Morley (Joseph Cotton), Penelope stops at nothing to land the elusive Morley as her husband. Highlights include Durbin's renditions of "Begin the Beguine" and the "Seguidilla" from Carmen, and a captivating sequence that includes highlights from Durbin's earlier films, presented as home movies!

In the same saga

Three Smart Girls Trilogy

In release order

Three Smart Girls

1936

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

This film

Hers to Hold

1943

Cast

D Deanna DurbinPenelope ‘Penny’ Craig J Joseph CottenBill Morley C Charles WinningerJudson Craig L Ludwig StösselBinns N Nella WalkerDorothy Craig G Gus SchillingRosey Blake S Samuel S. HindsDr. Crane E Evelyn AnkersFlo Simpson F Fay HelmHannah Gordon I Iris AdrianArlene M Murray AlperSmiley, the Foreman D Douglas WoodPeter Cartwright

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M Minna PhillipsMrs. Cartwright N Nydia WestmanNurse Willing I Irving BaconDr. Bacon A Alix TaltonHazel T Teddy InfuhrJoey R Ruth LeeMiss Crawford S Spec O'DonnellWilliam Morley H Harry TylerSailor Sam B Billy WayneJoe W William B. DavidsonAl J Joseph E. BernardMr. Kitnacker