Three Wise Fools (1946 film)
Three Wise Fools | |
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Directed by | Edward Buzzell |
Written by | Austin Strong (play) John McDermott (story and screenplay) James O'Hanlon (screenplay) |
Based on | Three Wise Fools by Austin Strong |
Produced by | |
Starring | Margaret O'Brien Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone Thomas Mitchell Edward Arnold |
Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
Edited by | Gene Ruggiero Theron Warth |
Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,274,000[1] |
Box office | $2,096,000[1] |
Three Wise Fools is a 1946 film directed by Edward Buzzell. It is an adaptation of Austin Strong's Broadway play of the same name.
Plot[]
A young Irish orphan girl softens the hearts of three hardened old bachelors who were once unsuccessful suitors of her grandmother many years before.
Cast[]
- Margaret O'Brien as Sheila O'Monahan
- Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Richard Gaunght
- Lewis Stone as Judge James Trumbell
- Thomas Mitchell as Terence Alaysius O'Davern
- Edward Arnold as Theodore Findley
- Ray Collins as Judge Watson
- Jane Darwell as Sister Mary Brigid
- Charles Dingle as Paul Badger
- Harry Davenport as The Ancient
- Henry O'Neill as Prof. Horace Appleby
- Cyd Charisse as Rena Fairchild
- Warner Anderson as The O'Monahan
- Billy Curtis as Dugan
- Olin Howland as Witness (uncredited)
Reception[]
The film earned $1,633,000 in the US and Canada and $463,000 elsewhere, causing a loss of $66,000.[1]
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Categories:
- 1946 films
- English-language films
- 1946 comedy-drama films
- American films
- American comedy-drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films about orphans
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Edward Buzzell
- Films scored by Bronisław Kaper
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Comedy-drama film stubs