Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls
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Directed by	Henry Koster
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Written by	Adele Comandini Austin Parker
Starring	Barbara Read Nan Grey Deanna Durbin Ray Milland
Cinematography	Joseph A. Valentine
Editing by	Ted J. Kent
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Three Smart Girls is a 1936 musical comedy film. The Craig sisters, played by Barbara Read, Nan Grey and Deanna Durbin (in her first feature film role) travel to New York City to prevent their father from remarrying.

They plot to bring their divorced parents, portrayed by Charles Winninger and Nella Walker, back together again. The movie made Durbin a star, and ushered in an eight-year era of successful Deanna Durbin musicals.

The film was written by Adele Comandini and Austin Parker, and directed by Henry Koster. The film was a hit and kept Universal Pictures out of bankruptcy.^{[citation needed]}

It spawned two sequels, Three Smart Girls Grow Up and Hers to Hold. "Three Smart Girls" was later re-made as "The Parent Trap" films under the Disney logo.

Cast

• 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
• Nan Grey as Joan Craig
• Barbara Read as Kay Craig
• Deanna Durbin as 'Penny' Craig

Awards

It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Sound (Homer G. Tasker) and Writing (Original Story).

External links

• Three Smart Girls at the Internet Movie Database
• Three Smart Girls at AllRovi
• Three Smart Girls at the TCM Movie Database