Comments on: First Love (1939) https://thegoodsreviews.com/first-love-1939/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-love-1939 Watching and asking: Is It Good? Mon, 06 Jul 2026 22:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Dan Stalcup https://thegoodsreviews.com/first-love-1939/#comment-7606 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:34:56 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=16403#comment-7606 In reply to ED.

Yep, I imagine Durbin’s years were peaceful and happy compared to Garland’s. Like the recent Babylon explored, the industry of making great art often chews up and spits out its talent.

]]> By: Dan Stalcup https://thegoodsreviews.com/first-love-1939/#comment-7605 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:33:14 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=16403#comment-7605 @ED: "the stuff that dreams are made of" indeed]]> In reply to Hunter Allen.

@Hunter: 😭
@ED: “the stuff that dreams are made of” indeed

]]> By: ED https://thegoodsreviews.com/first-love-1939/#comment-7587 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:29:07 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=16403#comment-7587 Reading this article, one cannot help but suspect that Ms Durbin was the lucky one – immortal fame and a loving fan base is all very well, but at such cost to one’s peace of mind and capacity to enjoy such success?

Sadly, not every child star will grow up to win the Shirley Temple award.

]]> By: ED https://thegoodsreviews.com/first-love-1939/#comment-7586 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:18:01 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=16403#comment-7586 In reply to Hunter Allen.

At least it gave us an intellectual grounding for coping with an all-too-often broke down and morally grubby world…

]]> By: Hunter Allen https://thegoodsreviews.com/first-love-1939/#comment-7539 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:44:52 +0000 https://thegoodsreviews.com/?p=16403#comment-7539 “noirs remain more popular than ‘30s musicals”

And just look at where it’s got us, right?

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