Wise Girl
A BIG DOUBLE-HELPING OF BLONDE TROUBLE That's Romance IN THE 1938 MANNER!
1937 · 1h 10m · Approved
Comedy
Directed by
Leigh Jason
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Wise Girl
Overview
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.
Director and cast
- Leigh Jason Director
- Miriam Hopkins as Susan Fletcher
- Ray Milland as John O'Halloran
- Walter Abel as Karl
- Henry Stephenson as Mr. Fletcher
- Alec Craig as Dermont O'Neil
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Mike
- Betty Philson as Joan
- Marianna Strelby as Katie
- Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Bell-Rivington
- Jean De Briac as George
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