Meanwhile, producer Joe Pasternak, who had been successfully producing light musicals with young sopranos for <answer>Universal's German subsidiary</answer>, repeated his formula in America. Teenage singer Deanna Durbin starred in Pasternak's first American film, Three Smart Girls (1936). The film was a box-office hit and reputedly restored the studio's solvency. The success of the film led Universal to offer her a contract, which for the first five years of her career produced her most successful pictures.
Prior to his work in America, where was Joe Pasternak employed?
Universal's German subsidiary