Directed by William Beaudine, Three Wise Girls, a romantic drama made at the height of the Depression, features Jean Harlow in her first starring role.
The screenplay is credited to Wilson Collison (story), Agnes Christine Johnston (adaptation), and Robert Riskin (dialogue).
Harlow is well cast as Cassie Barnes, a small-town working class girl, who heads to New York City, where she and her friends struggle with all kinds of troubles.
Her best friend, Gladys (Mae Clark) gets involved with a married man and tries to kill herself.
The supporting cast features Andy Devine.
The film was produced by Columbia Pictures.
Cast
Jean Harlow as Cassie Barnes
Mae Clarke as Gladys Kane
Walter Byron as Jerry Dexter
Marie Prevost as Dot
Andy Devine as Jimmy Callahan
Natalie Moorhead as Ruth Dexter
Jameson Thomas as Arthur Phelps
Lucy Beaumont as Mrs. Barnes
Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Kane
Robert Dudley as Lem
Marcia Harris as Landlady
Walter Miller as Manager of Drugstore
Armand Kaliz as Andre
