Three Smart Girls Grow Up
| Three Smart Girls Grow Up | |
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| Directed by | Henry Koster |
| Screenplay by | |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Joseph A. Valentine |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Three Smart Girls Grow Up is a 1939 American musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster, written by Felix Jackson and Bruce Manning, and starring Deanna Durbin, Nan Grey, and Helen Parrish.[1][2] Durbin and Grey reprise their roles from Three Smart Girls, and Parrish replaces Barbara Read in the role of the middle sister.[2] Durbin would reprise her role once more in Hers to Hold.
Premise
The film is about three sisters who believe life is going to be easy now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiance, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.[2]
Cast
- Deanna Durbin as Penelope 'Penny' Craig[3]
- Nan Grey as Joan Craig
- Helen Parrish as Katherine 'Kay' Craig
- Charles Winninger as Judson Craig
- Nella Walker as Mrs. Craig
- Robert Cummings as Harry Loren
- William Lundigan as Richard Watkins
- Ernest Cossart as Binns, the butler
- Felix Bressart as a music teacher
- Charles Coleman as Henry[2]
Production
Filming started in November 1938.[4]
References
- ^ "Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)". Turner Classic Movies. tcm.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d Erickson, Hal. "Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)". The New York Times. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
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- ^ E. Schallert (26 November 1938). "Fantasy cycle looms on hollywood horizon". Los Angeles Times.
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