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Director:
Writer:
George Wells (writer)
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Release Date:
12 July 1950 (USA) more
Plot:
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
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User Comments:
A Great Entertainment more (22 total)

Cast

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Fred Astaire ... Bert Kalmar

Red Skelton ... Harry Ruby
Vera-Ellen ... Jessie Brown / Jessie Kalmar
Arlene Dahl ... Eileen Percy Ruby
Keenan Wynn ... Charlie Kope
Gale Robbins ... Terry Lordel
Gloria DeHaven ... Mrs. Carter De Haven
Phil Regan ... Himself
Harry Shannon ... Clanahan, owner of Clanahan's Paradise

Debbie Reynolds ... Helen Kane
Paul Harvey ... Al Masters
Carleton Carpenter ... Dan Healy
George Metkovich ... Al Schacht
Harry B. Mendoza ... The Great Mendoza
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A billboard for the Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers (1930) is seen in the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the "Hoofers at Home" dance number, all the dinner-table utensils are swept into a front drawer except for the toaster which crashes to the floor. In the subsequent longer camera shot, the toaster has vanished. more
Quotes:
Harry Ruby: I got plenty of tunes in me! more
Movie Connections:
References Animal Crackers (1930) more
Soundtrack:
Come on, Papa more

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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
A Great Entertainment, 27 November 2004
Author: joseph952001 from United States

The first time I saw "Three Little Words" was when I was a teenager on vacation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My Dad was not a fan of Red Skelton, but he endured the pain of it jut as he was subjected to watching Betty Hutton screaming with red-face in "Annie Get Your Gun", but as far as the movie "Three Little Words" goes, I loved it. Being a tap dancer myself, I could tune in quite well to a singing and dancing movie. This has to be considered one of Fred Astaires best movies he ever made. His dance numbers were created by Hermes Pan, thank God, because any film in which Astaire created his own dance sequences showed a very good reason why Astaire should let the others attempt this job. As a result, all the numbers are excellent, especially the dancing of he and Vera-Ellen in the "Thinking of You" number, and what about Gloria DeHaven? Here she is playing her own mother Mrs. Carter DeHaven. That must have been a thrill for her, and did she sing "Who's Sorry Now?" to perfection!

As far as this being Debbie Reynolds screen debut. Not so! Her film debut was in "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady" filmed by Warner Brothers starring Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, and the best dancer Hollywood has ever had to offer - June Haver, but Haver's talent was always underestimated and not given the credit for being the fine performer that she was!

But, what can you say about "Three Little Words" except - sit back, get out the pop-corn and the soda's, relax and watch an excellent cast have a field day doing some of the finest singing, acting, dancing, that you will ever witness on the silver screen. It's just too bad that these old movies can't be seen on the large silver screen so that our younger generation can see what entertainment was, is, and always will be all about!

Don

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