BETTY GRABLE: Happy Birthday Betty

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Happy Birthday Betty

Tomorrow is Betty Grable's birthday on the 18th. Almost slipped my mind, but no harm done. Let's all remember the very talented Ms. Grable by posting a pic or a favorite movie of hers or whatever catches your fancy. I think this pic captures the mood perfectly being her birthday and Christmas.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Aww, cute!

I'll definitely post one! She's a new discovery of mine. :); December 17, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Dawn said...: Monty, Awesome idea !!Happy Birthday, Betty!!; December 18, 2009 at 3:27 AM
Dawn said...: Welcome Harley, Would you like to be a Contributor to the Betty Grable page? I will send you an invite.:); December 18, 2009 at 6:58 AM

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)