Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore’s canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. Read More »
Tag Archives: Betty Grable
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) Leslie Goodwins, Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane
The taxi drivers of the Colonel Cab Company are tired of losing money at the racetrack. Read More »
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) Preston Sturges, Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee
Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. Read More »
Springtime in the Rockies (1942) Irving Cummings, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy’s womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner Read More »
Coney Island (1943) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend Read More »
Call Me Mister (1951) Lloyd Bacon, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas
G.I. Sergeant Shep Dooley, former stage star awaiting discharge in postwar Tokyo Read More »
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie
Vaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the “Big Time”, which are compounded by his drinking problem. Read More »
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton
Tyrone Power is a pilots’ pilot, but he doesn’t believe in anything beyond his own abilities. Read More »
Pin Up Girl (1944) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Read More »
Moon Over Miami (1941) Walter Lang, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Robert Cummings, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands. Read More »
Down Argentine Way (1940) Irving Cummings, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sport
Song of the Islands (1942) Walter Lang, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Comedy, Musical, Romance
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O’Brien. Read More »
Diamond Horseshoe (1945) George Seaton, Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, Musical, Romance
Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad’s chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes between Dad and his girlfriend Claire. Read More »
Tin Pan Alley (1940) Walter Lang, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, Drama, Musical, Romance
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. Read More »
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Jean Negulesco, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set-up in an exclusive appartment with a plan: tired of cheap men and a lack of money Read More »