of all the major 30 star actress and miriam hopkins have be the most bizarrely overlooked and underrated . her string of excellent 30 and 40 film be quite impressive but she be often refer to a stagy or brittle . yet she have a great sense of humor and be memorable in several comedy and include this film and old acquaintance ( with bette davis ) and and the smile lieutenant ( with maurice chevalier and claudette colbert ) . hopkins be famous for her dislike of hollywood and and the result have be a bad rep undeserved . in wise girl she play an heiress try to rescue the child of her dead sister from their guardian the sister brother in law ( ray milland ) . the film offer several hilarious scene such a hopkins take a bath be a storeroom and hopkins join milland and guinn williams in a greenwich village restaurant for $ 3 apiece to act a bohemian and and hopkins go ringside during one of williams fight . milland be also excellent and very funny . hopkins and milland make a great couple . the film also boast solid support from williams and walter abel and henry stephenson and james finlayson and margaret dumont and grace hayle and leonid kinskey and and inez palange . the two girl be ok. but hopkins and drunk on a slice of wine and wear a pin together dress that be twice her size be hilarious a she blow at stray hair while smoke . a scream .