Three Blind Mice (1938 film)

Plot

Three Kansas sisters, owners of a chicken farm, dream of romantic life as rich ladies. As a play between sisters, Pamela (Loretta Young) plays the rich lady, Moira (Marjorie Weaver) her personal maid and Elizabeth (Pauline Moore) her personal secretary. When they inherit 5000 $ they decide to try it and head for California in search of a rich husband for one of them. The roles are left how they are used in playing at home. Soon Pamela has not only one but two dating gentlemen. And in no time she is in trouble about which one to marry. But as Van Dam Smith (Joel McCrea) is the one she loves, but he's the one without money, because his grandfather keeps it and spends it on zoos, they decide she has to marry rich Steve Harrington (David Niven). In Harrington's house she and her sisters meet Steve's sister Miriam (Binnie Barnes), who has also fallen for Van Dam Smith. Meantime Mike (Stuart Erwin), whom the sisters already knew from the hotel they stayed in California, has reached the Harrington House and has been engaged as a servant. In fact he is in love with Moira and has followed her. Elizabeth sympathizes with Steve Harrington, as it is obvious at a certain point that Pamela and Steve do not seem to be compatible. At the end, Pamela explains to Van Dam that "it is just that easy to fall in love with a poor man as a rich one". Miriam Harrington has to be satisfied in having a lot of money, but no man.

Cast

Loretta Young as Pamela Charters

Marjorie Weaver as Moira Charters

Pauline Moore as Elizabeth Charters

Spencer Charters as Hendricks

Joel McCrea as Van Dam Smith

David Niven as Steve Harrington

Stuart Erwin as Mike Brophy

Binnie Barnes as Miriam Harrington

Jane Darwell as Mrs. Killeen

Leonid Kinskey as Young Man

Franklin Pangborn as Clerk

Herbert Heywood as Workman

Carol Adams as Student (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Elisha Cook Jr. as Boy on Bench (uncredited)

Elena Durán as Spanish Dancer (uncredited)

Antonio Filauri as Pierre - Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)

Lorenzo Félix as Spanish Singer (uncredited)

Ben Hendricks Jr. as Bartender (uncredited)

Thomas Martin as Bartender (uncredited)

Corazón Montes as Spanish Singer (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

José Nieto as Spanish Singer (uncredited)

Barry Norton as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard as Harrington's Butler (uncredited)

Lillian Porter as Girl on Bench (uncredited)

Laura Puente as Spanish Dancer (uncredited)

Ramon Ros as Spanish Dancer (uncredited)

Iva Stewart as Biltmore Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Velasco as Spanish Dancer (uncredited)

Russell Wade as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)