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Three Daring Daughters

THREE DARING DAUGHTERS

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CREDITS

1948, 115 minutes, Technicolor.
Producer, Joe Pasternak; Director, Fred M. Wilcox; Screenplay, Albert Mannheimer, Frederick Kohner, Sonya Levien and John Meehan; Cinematography, Ray June; Music Direction, Georgie Stoll.

CAST

Louise Rayton Morgan, Jeanette MacDonald; Jose Iturbi, Jose Iturbi; Tess Morgan, Jane Powell; Ilka Morgan, Ann E. Todd; Alix Morgan, Mary Elinor Donahue; Herself, Amparo Iturbi; Himself, Larry Adler; Robert Nelson, Edward Arnold; Dr. Cannon, Harry Davenport; Mrs. Smith, Moyna MacGill; Jonesy, Kathryn Card; Mr. Hollow, Richard Simmons; Mr. Howard, Thurston Hall; Miss Drake, Virginia Brissac; Michael Pemberton, Tom Helmore.

SONGS

The Dickey Bird Song by Sammy Fain and Howard Dietz; Route 66 by Bobby Troup; Alma Mater by Georgie Stoll and Billy Katz; Fleurette by Victor Herbert and Ralph Freed; Where There's Love by Richard Strauss and Earl Brent; You Made Me Love You by Joseph McCarthy and James V. Monaco; Sweethearts by Herbert, Bob Wright and Chet Forrest; Liebestraum; Hungarian Fantasy by Liszt; Passepied by Leo Delibes and Princess Anna Eristoff; Ritual Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla; Je Veux Vivre by Gounod; Allegro Appassionato, Opus 10 by Saint-Saens; Springtide (An den Fruhling) Opus 43, No. 6 by Edward Grieg and Earl Brent; Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony; Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11 in A, K331.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"When a divorcee (Jeanette MacDonald) returns from a Caribbean cruise, her three bright-eyed girls have a surprise for her: they intend to reunite the family by bringing home the father they scarcely know. But mom has a surprise, too: she married another man during the cruise!"
- Liner Notes from Turner/MGM/UA Videotape

NOTES

"Though not dissimilar in plot to Pasternak's Three Smart Girls (Universal, 1936), MGM's Three Daring Daughters had the advantage of Technicolor. . .Interesting sideline: the film was considered 'morally objectionable in part for all' by the Catholic League of Decency as it 'tended to justify as well as accept respectability of divorce."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"Joe Pasternak had a monstrous gift for producing relentlessly perky films for the whole family; sometimes, the damned things got to you - all those toothy smiles made you smile back. This one, though, can make you feel your jaw is wired shut. It's a musical that features the full horror of Jeanette MacDonald and Jose Iturbi; Jane Powell and Edward Arnold also traipse around."
- Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights At The Movies


HARVARD LAMPOON WORST FILM AWARD WINNER:
Worst Reincarnation - Jeanette MacDonald

Mary Elinor Donahue's voice was dubbed by Beverly Jean Garbo; Ann E. Todd's voice was dubbed by Pat Hyatt.

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