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Smartest Girl in Town

  • 1936
  • Approved
  • 58m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
335
YOUR RATING
Ann Sothern in Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
ComedyRomance

Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick Smi... Read allModeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick Smith instead; he welcomes the confusion of identity and sets out to win her by force of pers... Read allModeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick Smith instead; he welcomes the confusion of identity and sets out to win her by force of personality alone. It's an uphill battle. Lots of wry repartee.

  • Director
    • Joseph Santley
  • Writers
    • Viola Brothers Shore
    • Muriel Scheck
    • H.S. Kraft
  • Stars
    • Gene Raymond
    • Ann Sothern
    • Helen Broderick
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    335
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Santley
    • Writers
      • Viola Brothers Shore
      • Muriel Scheck
      • H.S. Kraft
    • Stars
      • Gene Raymond
      • Ann Sothern
      • Helen Broderick
    • 13User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Top Cast27

    Gene Raymond
    Gene Raymond
    • Richard Stuyvesant Smith
    Ann Sothern
    Ann Sothern
    • Frances Cooke
    Helen Broderick
    Helen Broderick
    • Mrs. Gwen Mayen
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Lucius Philbean - Dick's Valet
    Erik Rhodes
    Erik Rhodes
    • Baron Enrico Torene
    Harry Jans
    • Terry - Gwen's Husband
    Bobby Barber
    Bobby Barber
    • Hotel Porter
    • (uncredited)
    B.F. Blinn
    B.F. Blinn
    • Wedding Witness
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Blystone
    Stanley Blystone
    • Man in Room 216
    • (uncredited)
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Photographer
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Curtis
    Alan Curtis
    • Male Model Who Escorts Cookie
    • (uncredited)
    Tom Ferrandini
    • Wedding Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Gustine
    Paul Gustine
    • Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Hart
    Eddie Hart
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Hoyt
    Arthur Hoyt
    • The Minister
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Jenks
    Frank Jenks
    • Mr. Murphy - Photographer
    • (uncredited)
    Etta McDaniel
    Etta McDaniel
    • Phoebe - the Maid
    • (uncredited)
    George Noisom
    • Second Call Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph Santley
    • Writers
      • Viola Brothers Shore
      • Muriel Scheck
      • H.S. Kraft
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews13

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    • Trivia
      Smartest Girl in Town (1936) is one of five movies of the mid-1930s in which Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond are romantic partners; the others are Hooray for Love (1935), Walking on Air (1936), There Goes My Girl (1937) and She's Got Everything (1937). Three decades later, both were cast in the political drama The Best Man (1964). According to film historian David Shipman, the pair didn't get along at all and actively disliked working together. Raymond wrote the song "Will You?" for The Smartest Girl in Town and sings it in the film to Sothern whose answer, by the way, is "No." In another tart dialogue exchange, Raymond asks if he may smoke and Sothern snaps, "Go ahead, if you think you're so hot."
    • Goofs
      The cord on Lucius Philbean's pince-nez glasses flips back and forth several times during the scene in the Philbean Advertising Company office.
    • Quotes
      • Young model: What's the matter with her? She's too ritzy for chili?
      • Gwen: I don't know, maybe it's too chilly for the Ritz.
    • Soundtracks
      Will You?
      (1936)

      Written by Gene Raymond

      Played during the opening credits and as background music often

      Played on a ukulele and sung by Gene Raymond (uncredited)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 27, 1936 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Million Dollar Profile
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 58m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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