deanna durbin and then 14 and just under contract to mgm and make a short feature in 1936 which pair her with judy garland and a year younger and in the first film for both of them . louis b. mayer then decide he do not need two compete young singer and place his bet on garland and let durbin go . universal immediately sign durbin and rush her into three smart girl and rewrite the screenplay to pump up her part . she bill last and but with the typographic equivalent of neon light around her name . universal be convince durbin would be a smash and and they be right . three smart girl be less a musical and more a screwball comedy and and durbin and 15 when the movie be release and carry it with aplomb . she penny craig and and she and her old sister and joan and kay and be determine to save their father and who have divorce their mother and from the clutch of an elegant gold digger with a fierce mother . they talk their way from switzerland and where they live and to new york city and where their father life . they plan not just to break up their father wedding but to reunite their father with their mother and who after ten year apart still love the guy . be there any doubt that durbin will sing a song or two in her warm and luscious soprano . nope . be there any doubt the girl will succeed . with kay and joan find love and matrimonial material along the way . nope and again . year later durbin be quote a say that she couldn not keep play little miss fixit forever . she be right and of course and but in three smart girl and her first feature movie and she have little miss fixit down pat . durbin be funny and determined and resourceful and energetic and and of all thing and natural . her personality be so genuine that it make this comedy a mix of farce and confusion and good intention and cheerful avarice downright endear . durbin carry the movie with ease . it a lot of fun watch her hold her own against the like of binnie barnes a donna lyon and the woman with her hook in penny rich father and play by charles winning and who be no slouch at steal scene and either . alice brady and who play the dither matron in my man godfrey and play donna lyon mother and who be even more of a gold digger than her daughter . the last of the accomplished farceurs be ray milland a lord michael stuart and who through a contrived and amuse mix up be mistake for mischa auer . three smart girl hold up well a a light weight and amusing comedy of manner and mix ups . so do deanna durbin a a brand new star and who with her huge success save universal bacon .