BETTY GRABLE

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Happy Birthday BETTY GRABLE (1916 - 1973)

Happy Birthday to the wonderfully and extremely talented Betty, who dominated the 1940's with her lush eye popping technicolor musicals. Films such as Moon Over Miami, Down Argentine Way, Pin-Up Girl, Springtime in the Rockies and The Dolly Sisters. But one of my favorite Betty films is the thriller I Wake Up Screaming. Happy Birthday Betty!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Good Morning from Betty!

Betty says hi!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Betty Grable Lovely Fall Photo

Betty looking so lovely in this great fall pic

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Video: The Kid from Spain(1932).

The Kid from Spain, Look What You've Done!

First event in Leo McCarey's The Kid From Spain, 1932, is the Busby Berkeley staging of Kalmar and Ruby's "Look What You've Done," said to feature Goldwyn Girls Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable and Jane Wyman.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Video: From Springtime in the Rockies (1942),

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Video: Mother Wore Tights (1947).

From 1947 Oscar winning movie "Mother Wore Tights." This song was nominated for the Oscar. Fantastic music. Superb performance. It has been said that this was Miss Gable's favorite movie".

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Betty Grable is April's Classic Movie Goddess on ALL GOOD THINGS

Just a reminder that Betty will be the classic movie goddess on All Good Things in April. It's where I post reviews, facts, photos and anything else I can think of to honor the actress of the month. Stop by anytime to see Betty in all her glory.
http://poohtiger-allgoodthings.blogspot.com/

WELCOME TO THE BETTY GRABLE PAGE.

Dancer, singer, and actress. Her bathing suit photo made her the number-one pin-up girl of the World War II era. It was included in the Life magazine project "100 Photos that Changed the World". Grable was known for having the most beautiful legs in Hollywood and studio widely dispersed photos featuring them. Grable's legs were insured by her studio for $1,000,000 with Lloyds of London. In 1943, she married trumpeter and big band leader Harry James. The couple had two daughters, Victoria and Jessica. The couple divorced in 1965. Grable entered into a relationship with a dancer, Bob Remick several years her junior. Though they did not marry, their romance lasted until the end of Grable's life.

The Gay Divorcee (1934) Based on the musical play Gay Divorce. Written by Dwight Taylor, Kenneth S. Webb, Samuel Hoffenstein. Screenplay by George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost and Edward Kaufman, from an unproduced play by J. Hartley Manners. Director: Mark Sandrich. The movie is a musical/ comedy. This was the second of the Rogers and Astaire musicals; Flying Down to Rio (1933) was the first. It included the popular dance team of Fred Astaire and a 23-year-old Ginger Rogers, and also starred Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore and Erik Rhodes. It is the first of the series to feature Ginger and Fred as the main attraction.

John Dailey

Beginning with Mother Wore Tights (1947) Dailey became the frequent and favorite co-star of Betty Grable. His performance in their film When My Baby Smiles at Me in 1948 won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1950, he starred in A Ticket to Tomahawk, often noted as one of the first screen appearances of Marilyn Monroe, in a very small part as a dance-hall girl. In 1953, Dailey starred in Meet Me at the Fair. One of his notable roles was in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), which featured Irving Berlin's music and also starred Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Johnnie Ray, and Donald O'Connor.

How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
Three for the Show (1955)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Call Me Mister (1951)
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Wabash Avenue (1950)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Coney Island (1943)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Song of the Islands (1942)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Moon Over Miami (1941)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
Million Dollar Legs(1939)
Man About Town(1939)
Campus Confessions(1938)
Give Me a Sailor(1938)
College Swing(1938)
Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)
This Way Please (1937)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Collegiate(1936)
Old Man Rhythm
Drawing Rumors (1939)
The Nitwits(1935)
The Spirit of 1976 (1935)
This Band Age (1935)
Ferry-Go-Round (1934)
By Your Leave(1934)
Student Tour (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Susie's Affairs (1934)
Business Is a Pleasure (1934)
Love Detectives (1934)
Elmer Steps Out (1934)
School for Romance (1934)
Air Tonic (1933)
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi(1933)
What Price Innocence? (1933)