Three Smart Girls

"They SAY nothing They HEAR nothing They SEE nothing but KNOW everything!"

Dec 20 1936 Approved 1h 24m
Comedy, Musical, Romance

The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother.

Plot

The three Craig sisters, in Switzerland with their ten-years-divorced mother, run away to New York to prevent their father from marrying calculating socialite Donna Lyons. The overpowering vivacity of the Smart Girls (nominal ages 14-20) sweeps all before it, but a romantic complication between middle sister Kay and their accidental ally, Lord Michael Stuart, threatens shipwreck to their schemes...

Written by

Adele Comandini, Isabel Dawn, Boyce DeGaw

Directed by

Henry Koster

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
1,687
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA