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5 November 1953 (USA) moreTagline:
The Most Glamorous Entertainment Of Your Lifetime in CinemaScope. You See It Without Glasses!Plot:
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
'Keep the change, Mac.' moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Betty Grable | ... | Loco Dempsey | |
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Pola Debevoise | |
| Lauren Bacall | ... | Schatze Page | |
| David Wayne | ... | Freddie Denmark | |
| Rory Calhoun | ... | Eben | |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Tom Brookman | |
| Alexander D'Arcy | ... | J. Stewart Merrill (as Alex D'Arcy) | |
| Fred Clark | ... | Waldo Brewster | |
| William Powell | ... | J.D. Hanley |
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2.55 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)Certification:
France:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | USA:Approved (PCA #16443) | Canada:G (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | West Germany:12 | Norway:7Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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Zoe Akins's play, "The Greeks Had a Word for It," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 25 September 1930 and closed in May 1931 after 253 performances. The opening night cast included Verree Teasdale, Muriel Kirkland and Dorothy Hall. Dale Eunson's and Katherine Albert's play, "Loco," opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 16 October 1946 and closed on 16 November 1946 after 37 performances. The opening night cast included Jean Parker as Loco. Parts of this play were added to beef up Betty Grable's part in the movie. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Schatze is walking up and down on the roof her shadow isn't matching the shadows on the buildings behind -- her shadow falls the opposite way due to the lighting not matching the supposed position of the sun. moreQuotes:
[Referring to older men marrying young women]Schatze Page: Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at old fella what's his name in The African Queen.
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Three models (Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall) pool their resources to rent an expensive penthouse apartment in New York, each girl hoping to catch a wealthy husband...
Cameron Mitchell helps Betty Grable with groceries one morning and meets and falls in love with Bacall But she rejects him, thinking he is a 'gas pump jockey.'
The girls are nearly broke when Grable introduces them to an oil tycoon, a widower (William Powell) who becomes interested in Bacall Grable takes a trip with wealthy and married Fred Clark, under the impression that they are going to a convention in Maine Once at his lodge, she realizes they will be alone and is set to return to New York when she suddenly felt sick A forest ranger named Rory Calhoun comes into her life, and they fall in love
Marilyn leaves by plane to meet her one-eyed playboy Alex D'Arcy in Atlantic City, but because she refuses to wear glasses in public to correct her nearsightedness, she gets on the wrong plane On board she meets David Wayne, the owner of their penthouse apartment, who is on his way to Kansas City to find his tax accountant because of whom he is in trouble with the revenue department
Bacall, left alone and without money, agrees to marry the oilman Powell
"How to be a Millionaire" was the second CinemaScope film ever made, the first being "The Robe." The film marked David Wayne's last movie appearance with Marilyn He made four pictures with her, more than any other actor