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Director:
Lowell Sherman
Writers:
Zoe Akins (play)
Sidney Howard (adaptation)
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Release Date:
13 February 1932 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
THE MEN THEY "TOOK" CALLED THEM..."Gold-Diggers! - "Loreleis!" - "Man-Hunters!" - Adventuresses!" more
Plot:
Sophisticated comedy: a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury... more | add synopsis
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Three Broadway Girls had some witty lines but the situations confused me more (8 total)

Cast

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Joan Blondell ... Schatzi
Madge Evans ... Polaire
Ina Claire ... Jean Lawrence
David Manners ... Dey Emery
Lowell Sherman ... Boris Feldman
Phillips Smalley ... Justin Emery
Sidney Bracey ... The Waiter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Greeks Had a Word for It (USA) (working title)
Three Broadway Girls (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
79 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Samuel Goldwyn Company, The more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The studio originally wanted Jean Harlow for this film, after her success in Red-Headed Woman (1932), but she was under contract to Howard Hughes and he refused to loan her out. more
Quotes:
Jean Lawrence: A speakeasy that closes at two o'clock is practically a tea room! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) more

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Three Broadway Girls had some witty lines but the situations confused me, 8 August 2007
3/10
Author: tavm from Baton Rouge, La.

I bought a $1 DVD that had two movies about a year ago. The movies were Happy Go Lovely and this one, Three Broadway Girls. This tale of three lady friends who try to one-up each other in attracting rich men has some witticisms about them and the leads of Joan Blondell, Ina Claire, and Madge Evans are pretty good. It's the situations that got me a little confused and possibly bored since I almost fell asleep a couple of times. I suppose I could try to watch this again when I'm more alert and I think of how the plot plays out in my mind. Maybe by then, this would play a little better in my mind. Right now though, I'm giving this a 3. By the way, for Laurel and Hardy fans, Arthur Housman does appear in his usual drunk role here.

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