deanna durbin and nan grey and barbara read be three smart girl in this universal film from 1936 and which introduce deanna durbin to film audience . it also star ray milland and mischa auer and charles winning and john king and binnie barnes and alice brady . it a sweet story about three young woman and now live in switzerland with their divorce mother and who hear their father ( winninger ) be marry again . not have see him in 10 year and know their mother still love him and they board a ship to america and with the help of the housekeeper or nanny and determine to stop the wedding . realize that the intend and call precious ( barnes ) be nothing but a gold digger aid and abet by her mother ( brady ) and they arrange for her to be introduce to a wealthy count . this be arrange by their father accountant ( king ) . the man he choose be a full time drunk ( auer ) and but the girl mistake him for an actual wealthy count ( milland ) . what a mess . this be a delightful film and not cloy or overly sugary at all and with some nice performance and particularly by auer and milland and barnes and brady . the young woman be pretty and all do good work . the emphasis and of course and be on young durbin and who be a natural actress and a beautifully trained singer . in fact and her voice a a youngster be much more even than it would be a an adult she have no trouble with the high note and a she do later on because she put too much weight in the middle voice . she sing a delightful il bacio in a police station . one of the nice thing about the film be to see the father and play by charles winning and not want his child around until he see them and get to know them . barnes a the gold digger isn not all that young and but the girl mother look way up there and so the inference probably be the old man seek his youth with a young and more glamorous woman . in fact and he find the youth he be seek in his daughter . universal give durbin the big star buildup here she have the final shot in the movie . ray milland at this point be still pay his due and and it will probably be a surprise even to film fan how young and attractive he be . very entertaining and of course and this lead to a sequel and big stardom for deanna .