Three Wise Fools (1946 film)

Three Wise Fools is a 1946 film adaptation of Austin Strong's Broadway play of the same name. A young Irish orphan girl (portrayed by Margaret O'Brien) softens the hearts of three hardened old bachelors (played by Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, and Edward Arnold) who were once unsuccessful suitors of her grandmother many years before.

Contents

• Three wise fools original trailer
• Cast
• Reception
• References

Cast

Margaret O'Brien as Sheila O'Monahan

Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Richard Gaunght

Lewis Stone as Judge James Trumbell

Thomas Mitchell as Terence Alaysius O'Davern

Edward Arnold as Theodore Findley

Ray Collins as Judge Watson

Jane Darwell as Sister Mary Brigid

Charles Dingle as Paul Badger

Harry Davenport as The Ancient

Henry O'Neill as Prof. Horace Appleby

Cyd Charisse as Rena Fairchild

Warner Anderson as The O'Monahan

Billy Curtis as Dugan

Reception

The film earned $1,633,000 in the US and Canada and $463,000 elsewhere, causing a loss of $66,000.