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
- Directed By
- Fred M. Wilcox
- Written By
- Albert Mannheimer
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
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Cast
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Jeanette MacDonald
as Louise Rayton Morgan
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Jose Iturbi
as Himself
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Jane Powell
as Tess Morgan
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Edward Arnold
as Robert Nelson
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Harry Davenport
as Dr. Cannon
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Moyna MacGill
as Mrs. Smith
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Ann E. Todd
as Ilka Morgan
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Kathryn Card
as Jonesy
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Larry Adler
as Himself
- Nina Bara
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Leon Belasco
as Bandleader
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Thomas E. Breen
as Steward
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Virginia Brissac
as Miss Drake
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Wheaton Chambers
as Stage Manager
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Charles Coleman
as Butler
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David Cota
as Cuban Bellboy
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Elinor Donahue
as Alix Morgan
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William Forrest
as Ship's Captain
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Thurston Hall
as Mr. Howard
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Tom Helmore
as Michael Pemberton
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Jack Lipson
as Fat Man on Street
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Edward Peil Sr.
as Waiter
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Frank Pershing
as Ship Steward
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Joan Valerie
as Hostess
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Ian Wolfe
as Butler
- Mary Elinor
- Diane Stewart
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James Brick Sullivan
as Cabbie
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Don Avalier
as Headwaiter
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Amparo Iturbi
as Herself
- Bill Lewin
- Dorita Pallais
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Dorothy Porter
as Specialty Singer
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Joanee Wayne
as Telephone Operator
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Dick Simmons
as Mr. Hollow
