Three Smart Girls (1936)

Directed by

Henry Koster

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three sisters travel to New York City to stop their father from getting remarried. They try to reunite their divorced parents instead.

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What happens

Three Smart Girls is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Barbara Read, Nan Grey, Deanna Durbin (her feature film debut), and Ray Milland. The film's screenplay was written 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. It began an eight-year span of successful Deanna Durbin musicals and spawned two sequels, Three Smart Girls Grow Up and Hers to Hold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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