Moon Over Miami (1941), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943), Down Argentine Way (1940), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947), A Yank in the RAF (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Betty Grable movies.
Storyline: Kay, Barbara and Susan Latimer come into a small legacy when they expected a large one, then abandon the Texas greasy-spoon where they work to hunt in Miami for rich husbands, said to be plentiful there. Barbara and Susan posing as the secretary and maid of "wealthy" Kay, they check into a posh hotel, and soon Kay is in the delightful predicament of being pursued by two handsome, wealthy bachelors at once. But Musical Comedy Complications arise...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, 1940s, florida, miami, beach ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set up in an exclusive apartment with a plan....tired of cheap men and a lack of money, they intend to use all their talents to trap and marry three millionaires. The trouble is that it's not so easy to tell the rich men from the hucksters - and even when they can, is the money really worth it?
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, love, golden age, 1950s, hollywood, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.—Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, 1940s, dance, show business, love triangle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.—Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, 1940s, dance, show business, love triangle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen Rosie O'Grady. To get her own back she announces that Sam is in fact her real suitor. He in turn has a song about Rosie published and something of an Irish brawl develops via his paper and her stage show.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, 1940s, show business, dance, journalist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, drama, 20th century fox, latin america, argentina ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, historical, feminism, 20th century, workplace ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tyrone Power is a pilots' pilot, but he doesn't believe in anything beyond his own abilities. He gets into trouble by flying a new fighter directly to Canada instead of to New York and letting it be towed across as the law demands, but is offered a new job ferrying bombers to war torn England. While on a layover he finds Betty Grable, an old flame, has joined the RAF as a member of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in her attempt to fight for democracy. Power joins up to impress her and in the course of his several missions begins to develope an understanding of what they are fighting for.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, romance, comedy, drama, american, british ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, 20th century fox, 1940s, dance, nightclub ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Delilah Lee is the sar of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, 1950s, show business, broadway, dance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on early TV and try to adopt a baby, finally acquiring a girl in a somewhat back alley manner. Complications follow amid a series of musical numbers.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, 20th century fox, dance, song and dance, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts paying attention to beautiful chorus girl Pat Lambert. Pat's boyfriend Bill Smith isn't impressed with Tommy even though Tommy gets him a boxing part in the show. When Tommy finds out that Pat and Bill were secretly together the night before the show opens, he angrily plans to turn the boxing scene with Bill into a real bout.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, broadway, dance, performing arts, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: 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. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, song and dance, world war ii era, actress, star ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, fantasy, historical, drama, colorful ...
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