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Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

90 min  -  Comedy | Musical  -   24 March 1939 (USA)
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Now that their parents are back together, the Craig girls think life is going to be easy. It is, until Kay falls in love with Joan's fiance... See full summary »

Director:

Henry Koster

Writers:

Bruce Manning (original screenplay), Felix Jackson (original screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview:
Deanna Durbin ...
Penny Craig
Charles Winninger Charles Winninger ...
Judson Craig
Nan Grey Nan Grey ...
Joan Craig
Helen Parrish Helen Parrish ...
Kay Craig
Robert Cummings ...
Harry Loren
William Lundigan William Lundigan ...
Richard Watkins
Ernest Cossart Ernest Cossart ...
Binns the Butler
Nella Walker Nella Walker ...
Dorothy Craig
Felix Bressart Felix Bressart ...
Music Teacher
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Storyline

Now that their parents are back together, the Craig girls think life is going to be easy. It is, until Kay falls in love with Joan's fiance! Complications arise when youngest sister Penny tries to find Joan a new boyfriend so that Kay and Richard can be together. Written by April M. Cheek <Aravis2713@aol.com>  

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

As Três Raparigas Cresceram See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Goofs

Continuity: When Penny enters the studio E at the music school, buttons of her coat are suddenly undone alternately. See more »

Quotes

Binns the Butler: Miss Penny's just a child, sir...
Harry Loren: I don't want biographies, I want my hat and coat.
Binns the Butler: That poem, sir, "The best-laid schemes of mice and men..."
Harry Loren: I don't want poetry, I don't want mice, I want my hat and coat.
Binns the Butler: Very good, sir, but I do feel...
Harry Loren: Now look here, young fellow. Your eyes have been burning holes in the back of my head all evening. And if I see you looking at me once again I'm going to get very mad and take you apart until I find that little machine that says "Yes sir, no sir, very good, sir," and I'm going to break it, see?
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Connections

Referenced in Booky Makes Her Mark (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"Invitation to the Dance"
(uncredited)
Music by Carl Maria von Weber
Music adapted by Charles Henderson See more »