Three Smart Girls

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film musical comedy film

Three Smart Girls is a 1936 American musical comedy film that helped launch Deanna Durbin to stardom and played a key role in revitalizing Universal Pictures’ fortunes.

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Three Smart Girls canonical 3
Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
musical comedy film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Story

Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
basedOn story by Adele Comandini ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph A. Valentine ⓘ
contributedTo revitalization of Universal Pictures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Henry Koster ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Bernard W. Burton ⓘ
featuresCharacter Joan Craig ⓘ
Kay Craig ⓘ
Penny Craig ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasSequel Three Smart Girls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Three Smart Girls Grow Up
helpedLaunchCareerOf Deanna Durbin ⓘ
musicBy Charles Previn ⓘ
narrativeLocation New York City ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
notableFor commercial success that improved Universal Pictures’ finances ⓘ
early starring role of Deanna Durbin ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents and prevent their father from marrying a gold digger. ⓘ
producer Joe Pasternak ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Pasternak
productionCompany Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1936-12-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1936 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 84 ⓘ
screenwriter Adele Comandini ⓘ
Bruce Manning ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
soundMix Mono ⓘ
starring Alice Brady ⓘ
Barbara Read ⓘ
Binnie Barnes ⓘ
Charles Winninger ⓘ
Deanna Durbin ⓘ
Mischa Auer ⓘ
Nan Grey ⓘ
Ray Milland ⓘ

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Henry Koster → notableWork → Three Smart Girls ⓘ
Joe Pasternak → produced → Three Smart Girls ⓘ
Hermann Kosterlitz → notableWork → Three Smart Girls ⓘ
Three Smart Girls → hasSequel → Three Smart Girls self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Three Smart Girls Grow Up