Three sisters take their small inheritance and move from Kansas to California in search of rich husbands. To start with, Pamela poses as a socialite and Moira and Elizabeth pretend to be her staff.
Acting
Loretta Young's dazzling, knowing sparkle carries every frame.
Costume
Wardrobe department went HARD on the socialite fantasy.
Writing
Pre-Code sass sneaking through Hayes Office cracks.
Director
William A. Seiter
Loretta Young
Pamela Charters
Joel McCrea
Van Dam Smith
David Niven
Steve Harrington
Stuart Erwin
Mike Brophy
Marjorie Weaver
Moira Charters
Pauline Moore
Elizabeth Charters
Binnie Barnes
Miriam Harrington
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Kilian
Leonid Kinskey
Young Man
Spencer Charters
Hendricks
Franklin Pangborn
Clerk
Herbert Heywood
Workman
Elisha Cook Jr.
Boy on Bench (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the third film adaptation of the same play in eleven years—Hollywood REALLY wanted this story to land.
Released deep in the Depression, the sisters' brazen husband-hunting played as aspirational fantasy rather than moral failing—audiences were IN on the scam.
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