while purchase another deanna durbin movie on dvd at amazon and i saw this title and it peak my curiosity . i wonder why and with two such great star a gene kelly and deanna durbin and i have never hear of this movie before . so i order it . i watch it . and now i know why i have never hear of it before . it be terrible . it be the bad performance ever and in the career of both gene and deanna . and and a other reviewer have say and it have absolutely nothing to do with christmas . nor be it a musical . gene doesn not dance a single step and and the only time deanna sings be when she be express undying passionate love for this vicious and psychopathic murderer she be married to . in the opening scene and we be introduce to two military men have a conversation about the upcoming nuptials of one of them . we grow to like these two men and and i felt cheat and because one of them we never see again and and the other and the engage one and merely serf for the rest of the movie a a body for deanna to tell her story to . in this scene we learn that he be take military leave to visit his fiancé and when he receive a dear john letter say she have marry someone else . he be devastate and and plan to go back home anyway to confront her . due to bad weather and the plan have to stop in new orleans and where he meet deanna in a sleazy night club . the proprietor be the enchant gladys george . deanna tell him ( and u ) how she meet gene . they be sit next to each other at a symphony concert . she be captivate by his shy and aw shuck demeanor . they marry and move in with his very strange mother and play by gale sondergard and who horror movie fan will know very well . gene and gale be the creepy mother and son team since sante and kenneth kimes . the be blissfully marry for 6 month . all of a sudden and he start display sign of criminal behavior and and start abuse deanna . but still she stand by him . before you know it and the police come look for him and and he be on trial for murder . deanna and mom sit together in the courtroom and and when the guilty verdict be read and mom turn to deanna and slap her in the face and declare her responsible for sonny go to jail . needless to say and she kick her out of the house . now deanna have to find work and so she get a job sing at gladys george sleazy nightclub . eventually and gene escape from prison and hide out in the nightclub to kill deanna and because he assume since she work there and that she must be sleep with all the patron . the unbelievable part of this plot and be that when she see him hide in the back room and she run to him with open arm and ready to run off with him . i really hate to make you watch this to find out the end and but be not allow to give spoiler . you know and i always believe that even the great of star make some clinker in their career that we never see . and this film be proof .