

Three Smart Girls
1936-12-20 · 84 min · ★ 6.5
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and reunite him with their mother.
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- Directors
- Henry Koster
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Deanna DurbinPenny Craig
Barbara ReadKay Craig
Nan GreyJoan Craig
Charles WinningerJudson Craig
Binnie BarnesDonna Lyons
Ray MillandLord Michael Stuart
Nella WalkerDorothy Craig
Hobart CavanaughWilbur Lamb
John 'Dusty' KingBill Evans
Alice BradyMrs. Lyons
Mischa AuerCount Arisztid
Ernest CossartBinns
Lucile WatsonMartha
Charles ColemanStevens
Joyce ComptonEvans' Secretary
Franklin PangbornJeweler
John HamiltonDesk Lieutenant at Police Station
Libby TaylorMrs. Lyons' Maid
Selmer JacksonHamilton
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