OK, so this was made before "Moon Over Miami" (1941) and "Three Little Girls in Blue" (1946) and long before the final screen version (thus far), the much altered "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953). There was even an early 1940's Broadway musical version of the familiar story of three small town sisters who take an inheritance, go someplace exclusively rich, and search for wealthy husbands while pretending to be heiresses themselves. At least one of them does, the other two her secretary and maid. Loretta Young grabs the lucky straw here (and she should, being the biggest star of the three actresses playing the sisters, the others being Marjorie Weaver and Pauline Lord. Joel McCrea and David Niven are Young's two suitors and Stuart Erwin the comic bellboy, so there's enough men to go around for each of the sisters.
While the musical versions (particularly "Moon Over Miami" with Betty Grable in the lead) are more famous, this original version is charming, yet since most people probably saw the other versions before this (as I did), it seems vacant without the songs. There's still enough to like whether it be the cameo by Franklin Pangborn as a sniffy hotel clerk (what other kind of hotel clerk would he be?), Jane Darwell as Niven's housekeeper and especially Binnie Barnes as his wacky sister. It is certainly ironic that the sister's lawyer is played by Spencer Charters, his real-life last name the same as his character's clients.
While the musical versions (particularly "Moon Over Miami" with Betty Grable in the lead) are more famous, this original version is charming, yet since most people probably saw the other versions before this (as I did), it seems vacant without the songs. There's still enough to like whether it be the cameo by Franklin Pangborn as a sniffy hotel clerk (what other kind of hotel clerk would he be?), Jane Darwell as Niven's housekeeper and especially Binnie Barnes as his wacky sister. It is certainly ironic that the sister's lawyer is played by Spencer Charters, his real-life last name the same as his character's clients.