Wise Girl

Wise Girl

70 mins | Comedy | Dec. 31, 1937

Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.

Wise Girl

70 mins | Comedy | Dec. 31, 1937

Wise Girl
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them, she discovers that the Bohemian life is fun and free of the constraints her country-club life places on her. But she decides to take the uncle to court anyway to free him from the kids so he can paint.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Wise Girl
Directors Kenneth Holmes, Leigh Jason
Writers Charles Norman, Allan Scott

Cast

Miriam Hopkins

as Susan Fletcher

Ray Milland

as John O'Halloran

Walter Abel

as Karl

Henry Stephenson

as Mr. Fletcher

Alec Craig

as Dermont O'Neil

Betty Philson

as Joan

Marianna Strelby

as Katie

Margaret Dumont

as Mrs. Bell-Rivington

Jean De Briac

as George

Ivan Lebedeff

as Prince Michael

Rafael Alcayde

as Prince Ivan

Gregory Gaye

as Prince Leopold

Richard Lane

as Detective

Tom Kennedy

as Detective

Cecil Kellaway

as Fletcher's Butler (unconfirmed)

George Irving

as Chief Judge at Custody Hearing (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

as Eccentric Greenwich Village Writer (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Jake Kelly - Department Store Bouncer (uncredited)