Three Smart Girls Grow Up
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Henry Koster
Deanna Durbin
Nan Grey
Helen Parrish
Charles Winninger
Nella Walker
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When Penelope "Penny" Craig sees that her sister Kay is in love with Richard Watkins, to whom their sister Joan has become engaged, she devises a plan to find another man for Kay. Penny, who is studying to be an opera singer, asks pianist Harry Loren to dinner, but when he shows more interest in Joan than Kay, Penny insults him and throws him out, much to the horror of her mother and sisters. Convinced that Penny was displaying jealousy and therefore, is in love with an older man, Mrs. Craig decides that the best solution is to keep her from seeing Harry at the music school, and asks her husband Judson, who is completely distracted by his work as a stockbroker, to tell Penny that her voice is going bad and she must discontinue her singing lessons. Penny is devastated by this news, but then realizes that the best way to solve the situation is for Harry and Joan to fall in love, thereby leaving Kay and Richard to get together. When Richard takes the sisters out for a diversion, Penny asks him to take them to Club 33, where Harry plays piano. Harry dances with Joan and tells her of his plans to move to Australia, where he has been offered a job. Meanwhile, Penny embarrasses Kay by telling Richard about her affection for him, and Kay slaps Penny. Back home, both sisters believe that all of Penny's actions have been selfish, and Penny is so offended she refuses to talk to Kay. The day before Joan's wedding, Penny goes to her father's office, and after interrupting an important meeting, bursts into tears. Finally realizing that his daughter is desperately unhappy, Judson takes time out of his day to console Penny, who reveals to him the source of all her recent behavior. Judson promises to set everything right. True to his word, the next day, Judson leads Joan out of the ceremony and into the arms of Harry, and then leads Kay to the altar with Richard, while Penny beams with happiness.
Director
Henry Koster
Cast
Deanna Durbin
Nan Grey
Helen Parrish
Charles Winninger
Nella Walker
Robert Cummings
William Lundigan
Ernest Cossart
Felix Bressart
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Bernard W. Burton
John Ewing
R. A. Gausman
Charles Henderson
Felix Jackson
Ted Kent
Henry Koster
Joseph Lapis
Bruce Manning
Jack Otterson
Joe Pasternak
Stuart Peters
Charles Previn
Andres De Segurola
Frank Shaw
Frank Skinner
Joseph Valentine
Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst Von Weber
Vera West
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According to a news item in Hollywood Reporter, this picture was filmed at the Los Angeles Stock Exchange. Although onscreen credits and reviews list Bernard Burton as film editor, Film Daily credits Ted Kent as film editor. Three Smart Girls Grow Up was preceded by Universal's 1936 release Three Smart Girls which featured the same team of director Henry Koster, producer Joe Pasternak and star Deanna Durbin recounting the adventures of the Craig sisters.
