Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

Name: Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Released: 1939-03-24
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Robert Cummings

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), directed by Henry Koster, starring Deanna Durbin and Charles Winninger.

03/24/1939 BR Comedy, Drama, Music and Romance 1h 30m

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Synopsis

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 fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.

Joseph A. ValentineCinematography
Henry KosterDirector
Bernard W. BurtonEditing
Ted J. KentEditing

Three Smart Girls Trilogy

The franchise in release order. 3 films.

Três Pequenas do Barulho 1936
Três Meninas Endiabradas 1939 · you are here
Laços Eternos 1943

About the film

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. Durbin and Grey reprise their roles from Three Smart Girls, and Parrish replaces Barbara Read in the role of the middle sister. Durbin would reprise her role once more in Hers to Hold.

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Plot

Three sisters believe life is going to be easy now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.

Cast

Deanna Durbin as Penelope 'Penny' Craig

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

Production

In August 1938 Bruce Manning and Felix Jackson were reported as working on a sequel.

In September, Barbara Read, who had been in the original, was considered "a little too grown up" for the sequel and was replaced by Helen Parrish, who had been in Mad About Music with Durbin.

Filming started in November. It halted because Durbin fell ill and resumed on 23 December.

Cummings received a long-term contract from Universal after being cast in the film.

According to Filmink "Cummings found himself as an actor in" this film.

The film's copyright was renewed in 1966.

References

External links

Three Smart Girls Grow Up at IMDb

Three Smart Girls Grow Up at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Text from Three Smart Girls Grow Up on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Smart_Girls_Grow_Up

Trivia

It premiered on March 24, 1939, a Friday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
It is film 2 of 3 in the Three Smart Girls Trilogy franchise.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosUniversal Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Joseph A. Valentine Cinematography
Henry Koster Director
Bernard W. Burton Editing
Ted J. Kent Editing
Joe Pasternak Producer
Bruce Manning Screenplay
Felix Jackson Screenplay

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What is Three Smart Girls Grow Up about?

Three Smart Girls Grow Up: 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 fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.

Who directed Three Smart Girls Grow Up?

Three Smart Girls Grow Up was directed by Henry Koster in 1939.

Who stars in Three Smart Girls Grow Up?

The cast of Three Smart Girls Grow Up includes Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish and Robert Cummings.

How long is Three Smart Girls Grow Up?

Three Smart Girls Grow Up runs for 90 minutes, or 1h30.

What is the correct order of the Three Smart Girls Trilogy films?

The Three Smart Girls Trilogy franchise has 3 films in the catalogue. In release order: Três Pequenas do Barulho; Três Meninas Endiabradas; Laços Eternos.