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Director
  
Henry Koster

Film series
  
Three Smart Girls series

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Music director
  
Heinz Eric Roemheld

Country
  
United States

Three Smart Girls movie poster

Release date
  
December 20, 1936 (1936-12-20) (USA)

Writer
  
Adele Comandini (original story), Adele Comandini (screen play)

Cast
  
Deanna Durbin
(Penny Craig),
Barbara Read
(Kay Craig),
Nan Grey
(Joan Craig),
Charles Winninger
(Judson Craig),
Binnie Barnes
(Donna Lyons),
Ray Milland
(Lord Michael Stuart)

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Three Smart Girls is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Barbara Read, Nan Grey, Deanna Durbin, and Ray Milland. The film, Durbin's feature film debut, had a screenplay by Adele Comandini and Austin Parker, and is about three sisters who travel to New York City to prevent their father from remarrying. The three plot to bring their divorced parents back together again.

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It began an eight-year era of successful Deanna Durbin musicals and spawned two sequels, Three Smart Girls Grow Up and Hers to Hold.

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Cast

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  • Deanna Durbin as 'Penny' Craig
  • Nan Grey as Joan Craig
  • Barbara Read as Kay Craig
  • Binnie Barnes as Donna Lyons
  • Charles Winninger as Judson Craig
  • Alice Brady as Mrs. Lyons
  • Ray Milland as Lord Michael Stuart
  • Mischa Auer as Count Arisztid
  • Ernest Cossart as Binns
  • Lucile Watson as Martha Trudel
  • John 'Dusty' King as Bill Evans (as John King)
  • Nella Walker as Dorothy Craig
  • Hobart Cavanaugh as Wilbur Lamb
  • Production and reception

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    Ray Milland was a last-minute replacement for Louis Hayward, who was originally cast, but fell ill shortly before filming began.

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    Three Smart Girls received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, Best Sound (Homer G. Tasker), and Best Original Story.


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    References

    Three Smart Girls Wikipedia
    Three Smart Girls IMDb Three Smart Girls themoviedb.org