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Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town

Release: 1941-10-23 ·Runtime: 75m ·★ 5.3
Adventure Comedy Crime Romance

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Cast

Janet Blair Janet Blair as Charity Banner Walter Soderling Walter Soderling as Charlie, the deceased William Newell William Newell as Laundry Man Grady Sutton Grady Sutton as Meeting Doorman Joseph Crehan Joseph Crehan as Labor leader Bert Roach Bert Roach as Advising Drunk Hal K. Dawson Hal K. Dawson as Guest Eddie Laughton Eddie Laughton as Magician Arthur Loft Arthur Loft as Poker Player Minna Phillips Minna Phillips as Martha Robert Emmett Keane Robert Emmett Keane as Casket-Selling Mortician Tim Ryan Tim Ryan as Singing Drunk Larry Parks Larry Parks as Reporter Eric Blore Eric Blore as Charlemagne, looking for Charlie Bruce Bennett Bruce Bennett as Reporter Franklyn Farnum Franklyn Farnum as Conventioneer Extra Hugh O'Connell Hugh O'Connell as Chief of Police Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Aylesworth as Poker Player Chester Clute Chester Clute as Frank - Magician Vera Lewis Vera Lewis as Clubwoman Ben Taggart Ben Taggart as Doorman Alec Craig Alec Craig as Samuel, potential casket customer Bess Flowers Bess Flowers as Mortician's Wife William B. Davidson William B. Davidson as Labor Leader Harry Harvey Harry Harvey as Reporter Charles Halton Charles Halton as Doc - Coroner Una O'Connor Una O'Connor as Maggie O'Callahan, scrubwoman Charles Lane Charles Lane as Mortician Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Bridges as Reporter Cyril Ring Cyril Ring as Extra at Labor Meeting John Howard John Howard as Tommy Hopkins Jessie Arnold Jessie Arnold as Clubwoman Ray Walker Ray Walker as Reporter on Telephone Paul Harvey Paul Harvey as Fred Chambers, editor Alan Edwards Alan Edwards as Guest Barbara Brown Barbara Brown as Clubwoman Monte Collins Monte Collins as Tipsy Poker Player Sarah Edwards Sarah Edwards as Clubwoman Ferris Taylor Ferris Taylor as Magician Binnie Barnes Binnie Barnes as Faith Banner Frank McGlynn Sr. Frank McGlynn Sr. as Josephus Wiegal, senior mortician Dorothy Vaughan Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. McDougall, scrubwoman Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Reporter Patricia Farr Patricia Farr as Telephone Operator John Tyrrell John Tyrrell as Reporter Joan Blondell Joan Blondell as Hope Banner Robert Benchley Robert Benchley as Wilburforce Puddle, hotel manager Almira Sessions Almira Sessions as Tessie Conarchy, scrubwoman Eddie Dunn Eddie Dunn as Policeman Eddie Nora Cecil Nora Cecil as Casket Customer Dick Elliott Dick Elliott as Magician Boarding Bus