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Wise Girl

Wise Girl

1937Movie⏱️ 1h 10mApproved
ComedyDrama
⭐ 6.6
IMDB Rating
872 votes

High-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncle

Director
Leigh Jason
Writers
Allan Scott, Charles Norman
Stars
Miriam Hopkins, Ray Milland, Walter Abel
Release Date
December 31, 1937
Language
English, Italian, Russian, French
Country
United States
πŸ† 3
Wins
πŸ’¬ 13
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins
as Susan Fletcher
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
as John O'Halloran
Walter Abel
Walter Abel
as Karl
Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson
as Mr. Fletcher
Alec Craig
Alec Craig
as Dermont O'Neil
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Mike
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Betty Philson
as Joan
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Marianna Strelby
as Katie
Margaret Dumont
Margaret Dumont
as Mrs. Bell-Rivington
Jean De Briac
Jean De Briac
as George

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Hollywood Legion Stadium, 1628 El Centro Ave. Hollywood, California, USA
Production
RKO Radio Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

out of work actresspainter as artistbohemian lifelost child custodyart contest

🎯 Categories

Quirky ComedyScrewball ComedyComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A dud
by Handlinghandel β€’ 2005-08-09
2/10

"Forced, cloying, formulaic. Do these adjectives make you want to run to rent his? Miriam Hopkins was brilliant in the original "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." A few other early movies of hers, notably "The Story of Temple Drake," are never shown but said to be excellent. Here, she is cutesy, bossy, and thoroughly unappealing. Ray Milland as a Greeniwch Village bohemian not at all convincing. The two child performers are creepy and also bear no relation to the Village as it was then. Speaking as a native of Greenwich Village, I find the setting ersatz, generic, and phony. Not t..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

This film did poorly at the box office, with RKO losing $114,000 (over $1.9M in 2016) according to studio records.

πŸ“– Synopsis

High-society heiress Susan goes undercover to find her young nieces, who are enjoying a Bohemian lifestyle with their artist uncle