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Three Smart Girls

Play trailer Poster for Three Smart Girls 1936,  1h 24m,  Kids & Family/ Musical/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 83% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
This lighthearted musical follows the travails of 14-year-old Penny Craig (Deanna Durbin) and her two older sisters as they attempt to reignite a romance between their mother and their estranged father before he weds a fortune-hunter. Leaving their home in Switzerland, the three young women journey to New York City and hire a washed-up count (Mischa Auer) to break up their father's engagement, wreaking plenty of wholesome havoc for all concerned.

Critics Reviews

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Variety Staff Variety Jul 6, 2010
Film is a sentimental comedy and has that rare quality of making an audience feel better for having seen it. Go to Full Review
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader Jan 1, 2000
It's an efficient, entertaining atrocity. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Mar 22, 2009
B-
Koster's light musical comedy made debutante Deana Durbin a major star for a decade and was so populr during the Depression that it spawned several (inferior) sequels. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Feb 21, 2007
B+
Makes you feel better for seeing it. Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Mar 29, 2004
4/5
Modest film debut for Deanna Durbin has loads of charm. Go to Full Review
Michael W. Phillips, Jr. Goatdog's Movies Feb 8, 2004
3/5
A trifle, but an amusing one. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Henry Koster

Director

Deanna Durbin

Penny Craig

Binnie Barnes

Donna Lyons

Alice Brady

Mrs. Lyons

Ray Milland

Lord Michael Stuart

Barbara Read

Kay Craig

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Three Smart Girls

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Movie Info

Synopsis This lighthearted musical follows the travails of 14-year-old Penny Craig (Deanna Durbin) and her two older sisters as they attempt to reignite a romance between their mother and their estranged father before he weds a fortune-hunter. Leaving their home in Switzerland, the three young women journey to New York City and hire a washed-up count (Mischa Auer) to break up their father's engagement, wreaking plenty of wholesome havoc for all concerned.
Director
Henry Koster
Screenwriter
Adele Comandini
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Kids & Family, Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 20, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 7, 2015
Runtime
1h 24m
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