Wise Girls (film)
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| Directed by | E. Mason Hopper |
| Screenplay by | Margaret Booth Elliott Nugent J. C. Nugent |
| Based on | Kempy 1922 play by Elliott Nugent J. C. Nugent |
| Starring | Elliott Nugent Norma Lee Roland Young J. C. Nugent Clara Blandick |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Wise Girls is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and written by Margaret Booth, Elliott Nugent and J. C. Nugent. The film stars Elliott Nugent, Norma Lee, Roland Young, J. C. Nugent and Clara Blandick in her first talkie film. The film was released on September 21, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1][2]
Plot summary
Cast
- Elliott Nugent as Kempy
- Norma Lee as Kate Bence
- Roland Young as Duke Merrill
- J. C. Nugent as Dad
- Clara Blandick as Ma
- Marion Shilling as Ruth Bence
- Leora Spellman as Jane Wade
- James Donlan as Ben Wade
Production
The film was based on the play Kempy by Elliott and JC Nugent. Bernie Hyman bought the rights and hired Elliott Nugent to adapt and star. Elliott Nugent wrote, "We rehearsed for a week; by then all of the cast knew the play so well that the picture was shot in ten days. The name Kempy was changed, for some mystical reason, to Wise Girls. While it was not a big picture, it was profitable, and Dad and I were at once commissioned to write an original called The Sins of the Children."[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Wise Girls (1929) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^ "Wise Girls". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
- ^ Nugent, Elliott (1965). Events leading up to the comedy; an autobiography. Trident Press. p. 121 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- Wise Girls at IMDb
- Wise Girls at the TCM Movie Database
- Wise Girls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films