Three Daring Daughters
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| Directed by | Fred M. Wilcox |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Written by |
Albert Mannheimer Frederick Kohner Sonya Levien John Meehan |
| Starring |
Jeanette MacDonald José Iturbi Jane Powell |
| Music by |
Herbert Stothart Lothar Perl |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Edited by | Adrienne Fazan |
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Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,538,000[1][2][3] |
| Box office |
$2,659,000 (Domestic earnings)[1] $1,351,000 (Foreign earnings)[1] |
Three Daring Daughters (UK title: The Birds and the Bees) is a 1948 musical film made by MGM, and directed by Fred M. Wilcox. The screenplay was written by Albert Mannheimer, Frederick Kohner, Sonya Levien and John Meehan.
Plot
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't there. Louise, an editor for Modern Design Publication, is lying in Dr. Cannon's office from fainting due to being over-worked and stressed-out. At home after the graduation ceremony, Dr. Cannon has a talk with Louise's three daughters, Tess, Ilka and Alix. He tells them that their mother needs a vacation badly, but the only way she can relax is if she goes without the girls. The girls agree, but Louise is reluctant; however, the girls convince her to go. The girls see their mother off on her one-month Cuban cruise. When the girls get home they discuss their mother, and believe if they bring their father back home it will make their mom happy and healthy again. In reality, Louise has kept the truth about their father from them. Their father was actually a very uncaring man, who left them and left Louise to raise the girls on her own. The girls go to see their father's boss, Robert Nelson to locate their father and bring him home. Meanwhile, on Louise's Cuban cruise, she meets famed pianist and conductor, Jose Iturbi. Jose is immediately taken by Louise, but she plays hard to get, while having the time of her life. When Louise finally returns home, she has a secret to tell the girls, but, the girls have a secret too...
Cast
- Jeanette MacDonald as Louise Rayton Morgan
- José Iturbi as Himself
- Jane Powell as Tess Morgan
- Edward Arnold as Robert Nelson
- Harry Davenport as Dr. Cannon
- Moyna Macgill as Mrs. Smith
- Elinor Donahue as Alix Morgan
- Ann E. Todd as Ilka Morgan
- Tom Helmore as Michael Pemberton
- Kathryn Card as Jonesy
- Dick Simmons as Mr. Hollow, Nelson's Secretary
- Larry Adler as Himself (Harmonica Player)
- Amparo Iturbi as Herself
Reception
The film earned $4,010,000 at the box office, recording a loss of $136,000.[2][4]
External links
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- Three Daring Daughters at AllMovie
- Three Daring Daughters at the TCM Movie Database
- Three Daring Daughters at the British Film Institute's Film and TV Database
Notes
- 1 2 3 Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)
- 1 2 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ Another source puts the cost at $2 million Variety February 1948
- ↑ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46