Three Wise Fools (1946 film)
Three Wise Fools | |
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Directed by | Edward Buzzell |
Written by | Austin Strong (play) John McDermott (story and screenplay) James O'Hanlon (screenplay) |
Based on | Three Wise Fools by Austin Strong |
Produced by | William H. Wright |
Starring | Margaret O'Brien Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Thomas Mitchell Edward Arnold |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Gene Ruggiero Theron Warth |
Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
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Distributed by | MGM |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,274,000[1] |
Box office | $2,096,000[1] |
Three Wise Fools is a 1946 film directed by Edward Buzzell. It is an 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.
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
- Olin Howland as Witness (uncredited)
Reception
The film earned $1,633,000 in the US and Canada and $463,000 elsewhere, causing a loss of $66,000.[1]