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Three Smart Girls Trilogy

Deanna Durbin shines in the Three Smart Girls trilogy, beginning with the 1936 original, in which she plays Penny Craig, a spirited teen who helps reunite her estranged parents. The 1939 sequel, Three Smart Girls Grow Up, follows Penny as she navigates her sisters' romantic troubles. In the final film, Hers to Hold (1943), Penny faces love and life during wartime. This charming series captures Durbin’s growth from a young starlet to a mature performer, blending humor, heart, and memorable music.

3 movies 1936 – 1943 4h 28m total 1 snapshot 32 solvers
Directed by Henry Koster , Frank Ryan

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Three Smart Girls
Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls

1936 1h 24m Dir. Henry Koster
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The three Craig sisters, Penny, Kay, and Joan, go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger, Donna Lyons, and re-unite him with their mother.

Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939 1h 30m Dir. Henry Koster

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker.

Hers to Hold
Hers to Hold

Hers to Hold

1943 1h 34m Dir. Frank Ryan

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker).

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