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Three Smart Girls (1936)

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Deanna Durbin, the teenaged soprano who literally saved Universal Pictures from bankruptcy, made her feature-film debut in Three Smart Girls. Durbin, Nan Grey and Barbara Read play three wealthy young sisters, living with their divorced mother (Nella Walker) in Europe. The girls learn that their father (Charles Winninger) has made plans to remarry. Correctly sensing that the bride-to-be (Binnie Barnes) is a fortune hunter, the sisters head to Manhattan to save Daddy from himself. Durbin is the

Unrated, 1 hr. 24 min.

Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy

Adele Comandini

Jan 17, 1995

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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (1) | DVD (3)

Film is a sentimental comedy and has that rare quality of making an audience feel better for having seen it.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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It's an efficient, entertaining atrocity.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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A highly pleasing first cousin to the screwball comedies of the day.

January 31, 2012 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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Koster's light musical comedy made debutante Deana Durbin a major star for a decade and was so populr during the Depression that it spawned several (inferior) sequels.

March 22, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Makes you feel better for seeing it.

February 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Modest film debut for Deanna Durbin has loads of charm.

March 29, 2004 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A trifle, but an amusing one.

February 8, 2004 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Comment
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Cute old movie about 3 young sisters who try to break up their father's engagement and bring their parents back together. Deanna Durbin plays the youngest of the three in this movie which is one of many, along these same lines, made by the talented singer with an operatic voice.

September 19, 2010
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Robin P.

CHARMING STORY, BLESSED WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE EFFERV ESCENT DEANNA DURBIN. FINE CAST. ALICE BRADY IS ALWAYS GREAT. FUN FILM, NICE PLOT

August 14, 2005
jazza923
James Higgins

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