Three Daring Daughters (1948)

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Jeanette MacDonald made her first screen appearance in five years in the MGM confection Three Daring Daughters. Looking at least ten years younger than her 48 years, MacDonald is cast as glamorous magazine editor Louise Raton Morgan. Long divorced Louise returns from a Cuban vacation with a handsome… More Jeanette MacDonald made her first screen appearance in five years in the MGM confection Three Daring Daughters. Looking at least ten years younger than her 48 years, MacDonald is cast as glamorous magazine editor Louise Raton Morgan. Long divorced Louise returns from a Cuban vacation with a handsome new husband in tow: None other than famed pianist Jose Iturbi, engagingly playing "himself". Louise's three daughters Tess (Jane Powell), Alix (Mary Elinor Donahue, the future "Princess" on TV's Father Knows Best) and Ilka (Ann E. Todd) are appalled by their mother's choice of husbands. Refusing to accept Iturbi as their stepdad, the girls contrive to unite Louise with Robert-whether they like it or not. Before the Three Daring Daughters come to their senses, there's opportunity aplenty from musical solos by stars Jeanette MacDonald, Jane Powell and Jose Iturbi, with an additional solo from harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler (just before he was blacklisted from Hollywood and forced to scare up film work in England). Incidentally, the actress playing the flirtatious Mrs. Smith is Moyna McGill, the real-life mother of Angela Lansbury. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By: Fred M. Wilcox
Written By: Albert Mannheimer
Genres: Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy

On DVD: Apr 13, 1994

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Cast

            Jeanette MacDonald as Louise Rayton Morgan

            Jose Iturbi as Himself

            Jane Powell as Tess Morgan

            Edward Arnold as Robert Nelson

            Harry Davenport as Dr. Cannon

            Moyna MacGill as Mrs. Smith

            Ann E. Todd as Ilka Morgan

            Kathryn Card as Jonesy

            Larry Adler as Himself

            Nina Bara
            
            Leon Belasco as Bandleader

            Thomas E. Breen as Steward

            Virginia Brissac as Miss Drake

            Wheaton Chambers as Stage Manager

            Charles Coleman as Butler

            David Cota as Cuban Bellboy

            Elinor Donahue as Alix Morgan

            William Forrest as Ship's Captain

            Thurston Hall as Mr. Howard

            Tom Helmore as Michael Pemberton

            Jack Lipson as Fat Man on Street

            Edward Peil Sr. as Waiter

            Frank Pershing as Ship Steward

            Joan Valerie as Hostess

            Ian Wolfe as Butler

            Mary Elinor
            
            Diane Stewart
            
            James Brick Sullivan as Cabbie

            Don Avalier as Headwaiter

            Amparo Iturbi as Herself

            Bill Lewin
            
            Dorita Pallais
            
            Dorothy Porter as Specialty Singer

            Joanee Wayne as Telephone Operator

            Dick Simmons as Mr. Hollow
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