A Yank in the RAF(1941).

A Yank in the RAF(1941). Directed by Henry King, and is considered a typical early-World War II movie. Though it came out in September 1941, months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the movie features an arrogant American pilot (Tyrone Power) who joins the Royal Air Force in England. Not to defend England but to find former girlfriend (Betty Grable), who is assisting in an air-raid drill. As time goes on, his motivations change and he begins to realize what the Allies are fighting for. You can not have a Betty Grable movie without a few song and dance numbers. I have only seen bits and pieces of the movie, A Yank in the RAF. But, what I have seen, it looks like a good film.

Dawn's Top 10 Betty Grable Pictures:

Betty Grable Dated Desi Arnaz.

Betty Grable dated Desi Arnaz.


When I found this video , I just about flipped.. have I ever mentioned how much I love, Harry James?! Enjoy. :)

Song of the Islands (1942)

Song of the Islands (1942). Musical/ comedy. Cast: Betty Grable and Victor Mature. Director: Walter Lang.

The movie begins as Jeff Harper sails to the tropical paradise Ahmi-Oni with his long time friend Rusty. He is there to buy land. Jeff quickly falls in love with O'Brien's daughter Eileen, who has come home to teach school on the island where her father lives. Jeff's father decides to travel to the island and try to break them up. Will he succeed?

Betty Grable had performed in many major movie hits. After the success of Song of the Islands, Fox realized they had a gold mine on their hands and kept Grable working in glamorus musicals.

You can view this movie on youtube.


Soundtracks:
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"Song of the Islands (Na Lei O Hawaii)"
(1915) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Charles E. King
Played during the opening credits

"Down on Ami Ami Oni Oni Isle"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens
Played during the opening credits
Played and sung by the natives
Sung by Betty Grable
Danced to by Betty Grable and the natives
Reprised by the native girls
Played as background music often

"Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)"
(1936) (uncredited)
Original music and lyrics from "Kaua i ka Huahua'i (We Two in the Spray)" by Prince Leleiohaku (1860)
Modified music by Johnny Noble (1929)
Modified lyrics by Ralph Freed (1936)
Played and sung by Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians and danced to by the natives in the opening scene on the island

"Sing Me a Song of the Islands"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens
Sung by Betty Grable approaching the island, the cast at the end
Played as background music often

"Home on the Range"
(1904) (uncredited)
Music by Daniel E. Kelly (1904)
Lyrics by Brewster M. Higley (1873)
Special lyrics by Mack Gordon, Harry Owens and Sol Hoopii Jr. (1942)
Played on guitar and sung by Jack Oakie
Reprised by Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians with special lyrics
Played as background music often

"Maluna Malolo Mawaena (Hawaiian Drinking Song)"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens
Performed by Betty Grable and Hilo Hattie, Thomas Mitchell, George Barbier and Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians

"What's Buzzin' Cousin?"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens
Sung by Jack Oakie

"Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai"
(1935) (uncredited)
Music by R. Alex Anderson
Lyrics by R. Alex Anderson and Albert Stillman
Sung and danced to by Hilo Hattie

"O'Brien Has Gone Hawaiian"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens
Sung and danced to by Betty Grable and native girls

"The Lily of Killarney"
(1862) (uncredited)
Music by Michael William Balfe
Sung and Danced to by Betty Grable and native girls

"Cannibal Chant"
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Satini Puailoa
Performed by Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians

"Blue Shadows and White Gardenias"
(1942)
Music and Lyrics by Mack Gordon and Harry Owens
Played as background music

"Hu'I Mai"
Music and Lyrics by Sol Hoopii Jr.
Performed by Harry Owens and His Royal Hawaiians

Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe.

Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe, on her way to stardom, became friends during filming, How to Marry a Millionaire, with Betty Grable, who said to her "Honey, I've have mine. Go get yours."

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey, performed in vaudeville before his Broadway debut in 1937 in Babes in Arms. He then went on to serve in the United States Army during World War II, was commissioned as an Army officer after graduation from Signal Corps Officer Candidate School at Fort Monmouth, NJ. He then returned Hollywood to perform in the movie, Mother Wore Tights (1947). Dailey was Betty Grable favorite co-star. 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 thought of as 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 best known 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.

As the poularity of musicals began to fade in the mid-1950s, he moved on to comedic and dramatic roles, including his television series, The Governor & J.J. and the NBC Mystery Movie series "Faraday & Company". His sister was Another World actress Irene Dailey.



Partial filmography:

The Mortal Storm (1940)
Hullabaloo (1940)
Keeping Company (1940)
Lady Be Good (1941)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Call Me Mister (1951)
I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
What Price Glory? (1952)
The Girl Next Door (1953)
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
The Wayward Bus (1957)
Pepe (1960)
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
Las cuatro noches de la luna llena (Four Nights of the Full Moon) (1963), co-starring Gene Tierney

Betty Grables first husband- John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan.

John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan,Jr., was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. He was married to Betty Grable, on November 20, 1937- divorced on October 11, 1939.

Oodles of Poodles!!

Call Me Mister(1951)- The title refers to returning soldiers who expected to be addressed as civilians instead of by their military rank.

Call me Mister(1951). Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Dale Robertson, Richard Boone, Benay Venuta.

Betty Grable performs as an American USO entertainer, touring the bases in postwar Japan. She crosses the path of former husband Shep Dooley. Despite the presence of suitor Capt. Johnny Comstock , Dooley comes up with a plan to win his wife back. They are reconciled during a stage performance. Cast as a GI who hates the army, Danny Thomas does a version of his own nightclub act. Specialty numbers are performed by the Dunhill dance team.

The songs are wonderful, the best pat of the movie is the three Rome numbers (especially "Goin' Home Train," performed by a very young Bobby Short) and Sammy Fain's "Love Is Back in Business" and "I Just Can't Do Enough for You, Baby." Fortunately, stars Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are wonderful throughout, and there's some fine work from Danny Thomas and Benay Venuta.


FUN FACTS:

In this musical, director Lloyd Bacon and dance director Busby Berkeley worked together for the first time since 42nd Street (1933).

Jeffrey Hunter's first film.

Last of four movies that paired Betty Grable and Dan Dailey.

Soundtracks:

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"CALL ME MISTER"
Written by Harold Rome
Performed by chorus during credits
Reprised by Betty Grable and Dan Dailey

"JAPANESE GIRL LIKE 'MERICAN BOY"
Written by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung and danced by Betty Grable and chorus



"I'M GONNA LOVE THAT GUY (LIKE HE'S NEVER BEEN LOVED BEFORE)"
Written by Frances Ash
Performed by Betty Grable and male chorus

"LAMENT TO THE POTS AND PANS"
Written by Earl K. Brent
Lyrics by Jerry Seelen
Performed by Danny Thomas

"GOIN' HOME TRAIN"
Written by Harold Rome
Performed by Bobby Short and male chorus

"I JUST CAN'T DO ENOUGH FOR YOU, BABY"
Written by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Betty Grable and Dan Dailey

"MILITARY LIFE"
Written by Harold Rome
Revised lyrics by Jerry Seelen
Performed by Danny Thomas

"LOVE IS BACK IN BUSINESS"
Written by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Benay Venuta, and Danny Thomas

In New York, in 1915, 46th Street and 8th Avenue was known as: Tin Pan Alley(1940).

Tin Pan Alley (1940). Musical. Cast Alice Faye, Betty Grable, John Payne and Jack Oakie.


In New York, in 1915, 46th Street and 8th Avenue was known as Tin Pan Alley, the headquarters for song publishers. That's where you will find vaudevillian Harry Calhoun and Skeets Harrigan. To help pay the rent, Skeets must fight in the boxing ring. They hire the Blane sisters to sing their songs and Katie loans Skeets the money to buy the tune that makes them a success. Skeets gives a well-known singer the song that he had promised to Katie, Katie heartbroken joins her sister Lily in her London act. In London, the sisters become a huge success while back in New York, Skeets and Calhoun's business fails and Skeets is forced to return to the boxing ring to pay their bills. When war is declared, the partners, enlist in the army and are sent overseas to London. Will they be reunited?


Fun Facts:
Before filming began, there was a feud between Faye and Grable, although the two actresses had never met. On the first day of production, the actresses quickly became lifelong friends. A similar incident happened with Grable and Marilyn Monroe while filming How to Marry a Millionaire. Like the earlier incident, the two actresses became friends.

Tyrone Power and Don Ameche were considered to play the leading roles in the film. Scheduling conflicts took them out and the roles went to Payne and Oakie.


Soundtrack:

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"Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet"
(1909) (uncredited)
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Stanley Murphy
Played as background music during the opening credits

"Oh, You Beautiful Doll"
(1911) (uncredited)
Music by Nat Ayer
Lyrics by A. Seymour Brown
Played during the opening credits and sung by two unidentified women
Reprised by a nightclub orchestra for dancing

"Take Me Back to Melody Lane"
(uncredited)
Written by Dave Reed Jr.
Played during the opening credits and sung by an unidentified woman

"Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, is the Right Little Girl For Me"
(1910) (uncredited)
Music by Fred Fisher
Lyrics by Thomas J. Gray
Played during the opening credits and sung by an unidentified man

"I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)"
Music by Harry von Tilzer
Lyrics by William Dillon
Played on piano and clarinet during the opening credits and sung by two unidentified men

"The Darktown Strutters' Ball"
(1917) (uncredited)
Written by Shelton Brooks
Played as background music during the opening credits
Reprised by a nightclub band
Played as background music

"K-K-K-Katy"
(1918) (uncredited)
Written by Geoffrey O'Hara
Sung by Jack Oakie many times using different lyrics throughout picture and he finally comes up with original lyrics at the end
Sung and danced to by Alice Faye and Betty Grable with modified lyrics on stage
Used as background music occasionally
Sung by returning marching doughboys at the end

"You Say The Sweetest Things (Baby)"
(1940) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Played on piano by Elisha Cook Jr.
Sung by Jack Oakie, John Payne and Alice Faye and several unidentified groups
Reprised by Alice Faye and John Payne
Played as background music often

"Pretty Baby"
(1916) (uncredited)
Music by Tony Jackson and Egbert Van Alstyne
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Played on piano as background music

"Moonlight Bay"
(1912) (uncredited)
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Edward Madden
Sung by Alice Faye at a nightclub

"Honeysuckle Rose"
(1929) (uncredited)
Music by Fats Waller (as Thomas Waller)
Lyrics by Andy Razaf
Played on a hamonica by an unidentified inmate in jail
Sung and Danced to in a production number by Betty Grable and a male chorus

"Moonlight and Roses"
(1925) (uncredited)
Written by Edwin H. Lemare, Ben Black and Neil Moret
Sung and Danced to in a production number by Betty Grable

"America, I Love You"
(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Archie Gottler
Lyrics by Edgar Leslie
Played John Payne on piano and sung by Alice Faye;
Played and sung by Roberts Brothers, The Brian Sisters, and various unidentified performers.
Played as background music often

"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!"
(1915) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Powell
Lyrics by George Asaf
Played in a London nightclub

"Smiles"
(1917) (uncredited)
Music by Lee S. Roberts
Lyrics by J. Will Callahan
Played on piano in a London nightclub

"Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France"
(1917) (uncredited)
Music by Billy Baskette
Lyrics by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis
Played on piano by Elisha Cook Jr. and sung by Jack Oakie
Reprised by an army marching band
Played as background music

"Over There"
(1917) (uncredited)
Written by George M. Cohan
Played as background music as doughboys board the ship to London
Reprised as background music at the end of the war

"The Sheik of Araby"
(1921) (uncredited)
Music by Ted Snyder
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler
Sung and danced by Billy Gilbert, Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Princess Vanessa Ammon,
Fayard Nicholas, Harold Nicholas, and chorus girls in London production number

"When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose"
(1914) (uncredited)
Music by Percy Wenrich
Lyrics by Jack Mahoney

"He'd Have to Get Under - Get Out and Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)"
(1913) (uncredited)
Music by Maurice Abrahams
Lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie
Filmed with Alice Faye singing in two scenes, but both scenes were cut in from the final print

Three for the Show(1955). Remake of Too Many Husbands.

Three For The Show(1955). Musical/comedy/remake of Too Many Husbands. Director: H.C. Potter. Cast: Betty Grable in her last musical,Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion and Marge Champion.

Singing-and-dancing performer Julie, is informed that husband Marty is missing in action during WWII. After sometime, she marries Vernon , who is Marty's best friend. After the marriage, Marty shows up at Julie's show. When Marty finds out that Julie is remarried, he is not very happy with the idea.

When Julie learns that she is legally married to both Marty and Vernon. She loves the idea of having two husbands and so she decides to try to live with them both.
Will Julie be forced to make her up mind as to who she wants?

Betty Grable was 39 when she made Three For The Show, She looked fabulous, sung wonderful songs and danced beautifully. She was offered Pal Joey but turned it down.

Soundtracks:
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"How Come you Do Me Like You Do"
Words and Music by Gene Austin and Ray Bergere
Performed by Betty Grable



"Someone To Watch Over Me"
Words and Music by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by Marge Champion and Gower Champion during the opening titles
Later sung by Marge Champion

"Just One Of Those Things"
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter (uncredited)
Performed by Betty Grable, Marge Champion and Gower Champion

"I've Got A Crush On You"
Words and Music by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by Betty Grable
also performed in the finale by Jack Lemmon, Marge Champion and Gower Champion

"Down Boy"
Words and Music by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson
Performed by Betty Grable, Gower Champion, and Jack Lemmon

"Which One"
Words and Music by Lester Lee and Ned Washington
Performed by Marge Champion

"Polovetsian Dances"
Music by Aleksandr Borodin (uncredited)
Used as introductory music for "Down Boy"

"I've Been Kissed Before"
Words and Music by Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Performed by Betty Grable

"Finale from 'William Tell Overture'"
from the opera "William Tell"
by Gioacchino Rossini
Danced to by Gower Champion in the Two Husbands fantasy

How to be Very Very Popular (1955)- . A remake of 1934's "She Loves Me Not.

How to be Very Very Popular (1955). Comedy. Director: Nunally Johnson. Cast; Betty Grable, Sheree North and Robert Cummings. A non-musical remake of 1934's "She Loves Me Not. This was Betty Grable's final film.

After burlesque dancers Stormy Tornado and Curly Flagg, finish performing their dance number, they are followed on stage by Cherry Blossom Wang, who is shot and killed while performing. After being threatened by the killer, Stormy and Curly are afraid to go to the police. Still wearing their costumes, climb out the back window. Wearing overcoats, the two girls board a bus with only enough money to reach College City, near Los Angeles. As the two girls look for shelter out of the rain, they see a woman eating a sandwich. Stormy finds her way into college fraternity house , but before she finds the woman, she smells fried chicken and finds herself in the room of Wedgwood, a student in his late thirties. Wedge tells Stormy that she is in a men's dormitory and Stormy not knowing what else to do tells him her true identity. Stormy calls Curly's father for help, but he does not understand and hangs up. Stormy needs Curly's help, but when Curly sneaks into the dorm, she finds Eddie Jones, amateur psychology major, trying to hypnotize his roommate, Toby Marshall. Eddie, fails to hypnotize Toby, but.. hypnotizes Curly instead. Eddie takes advantage of the situation and kisses Curly, Toby being a gentleman suggests that they find help. Now.. thinking he wants Curly for scientific reasons, Eddie plants a hypnotic suggestion that whenever she hears the word "Salome," Curly is to dance. Wedge and Stormy find Curly in Eddie's room and learn that she has been hypnotized. Wedge orders Eddie to break the trance, and when Eddie refuses, Wedge threatens to destroy the diploma that Eddie forged for Toby. Eddie then agrees. An earthquake shakes the college while Toby is stealing a kiss from Curly and the spell sparks the couple to fall in love. Eddie then tries to awaken Curly but fails. And their misadventure begins.

It may not be the best Betty Grable best performance. It was still fun to see Betty Grable and Sheree North as burlesque dancers.

Fun Facts:

The part of Curly was written by Nunnally Johnson for Marilyn Monroe, who was placed on suspension by Twentieth Century-Fox for refusing the assignment. During the next year, Miss Monroe would live in Manhattan, studying with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. When Marilyn and Fox came to terms, she returned to Hollywood to star as fame-obsessed Cherie in Bus Stop (1956).

This was the final feature of Betty Grable's 25-year film career. Her first screen appearance in Let's Go Places (1930) had been released less than a month after Betty had turned 13 years old.

A December 1954 item in Hollywood Reporter's "Rambling Reporter" column indicated that the studio wanted Marilyn Monroe to appear in the film with Jane Russell, her co-star in the studio's highly successful 1953 production Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).


In 1954, Sheree North signed on with 20th Century-Fox and performed in lead role in How to Be Very, Very Popular, a role that was rejected by Marilyn Monroe. Which received huge media attention. Film historians, claim North's dance performance to "Shake, Rattle and Roll", as the film's most memorable scene. After the success of How to Be Very, Very Popular, North was named by Fox as the "new Marilyn Monroe".

Soundtracks:

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"How to Be Very, Very Popular"
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by off-screen vocalists during the opening credits
Played occasionally in the score

"Bunny Hop"
Written by Ray Anthony and Leonard Auletti
Sung by the students

"The Bristol Bell Song"
Music by Lionel Newman
Lyrics by Ken Darby
Sung by the girls before commencement
Also sung on the bus at the end

"The Whiffenpoof Song"
(uncredited)
Music by Tod B. Galloway
Lyrics by Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomeroy
Sung by the girls before commencement

"Shake, Rattle and Roll"
(uncredited)
Written by Charles F. Calhoun
Played by the band at commencement

Follow the Fleet (1936)- In the Super-Dreadnought of Musical Shows.

Follow the Fleet(1936). Musical/ comedy. A film with a nautical theme and stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, and Astrid Allwyn, with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Lucille Ball and Betty Grable also perform, in supporting roles. Director:Mark Sandrich with script by Allan Scott and Dwight Taylor based on the 1922 play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne.
Follow the Fleet movie clip.

FUN FACT:
The fifth (of ten) dancing partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Soundtracks:
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"We Saw the Sea"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Fred Astaire and chorus

"Let Yourself Go"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Ginger Rogers and chorus

"Get Thee Behind Me, Satan"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Harriet Hilliard

"Let Yourself Go"
(uncredited)
Instrumental Reprise
Dance performed by Ginger Rogers

"I'd Rather Lead a Band"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Song performed by Fred Astaire
Dance performed by Fred Astaire, chorus

"But Where Are You?"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Harriet Hilliard

"I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Song and dance performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

"Let's Face the Music and Dance"
(uncredited)
Written by Irving Berlin
Song performed by Fred Astaire
Dance performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

The Gay Divorcee (1934). Betty Grable's (age17) small part in the film.

Let's K-nock K-neez".
Written by Harry Revel (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics).
Song performed by Betty Grable (age 17) as Guest  Performer and Edward Everett Horton.
Dance performed by Betty Grable, Edward Everett Horton.

The jumpsuit that Betty Grable wears in the "Let's Knock Knees" dance number was a garment previously worn by Dolores del Rio in Flying Down to Rio (1933).

Carole Landis (the Ping Girl)

Carole Landis dropped out of high school at age 15 and went on to a career in show business. She started out as a hula dancer in a San Francisco nightclub and later sang with a dance band.. She dyed her hair blond and changed her name to "Carole Landis" after her favorite actress, Carole Lombard. Her 1937 film debut was as an extra in A Star Is Born. She performed in bit parts until 1940 when Hal Roach cast her as a cave girl in One Million B.C.. The movie turned Carole into a star. A press agent nicknamed her "The Ping Girl" (because "she makes you purr"). Landis performed in many successful films in the early forties, usually as the second female lead. In a time when the singing of many actresses was dubbed in, Landis's own voice was considered good enough and was used in her few musical roles. Landis landed a contract with 20th Century Fox. She had roles playing opposite fellow pin-up girl Betty Grable in Moon Over Miami and I Wake Up Screaming, both in 1941.
Carole Landis websight.
FUN FACTS :

Actress Diana Lewis once gave Carole a gold cross as a gift. Carole wore the cross for the rest of her life and was even buried wearing it.

Spent more time visiting troops during World War II than any other Hollywood star. She nearly died from malaria she contracted while traveling overseas.

Carole Landis list of films:

Brass Monkey (1948)
Noose (1948)
Out of the Blue (1947)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)
A Scandal in Paris (1946) .
Behind Green Lights (1946)
Having Wonderful Crime(1945)
Secret Command (1944)
Wintertime (1943)
The Powers Girl (1943)
Manila Calling (1942)
Orchestra Wives (1942)
It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
My Gal Sal (1942)
A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
Cadet Girl (1941)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Dance Hall (1941)
Moon Over Miami (1941) Movie Clip Betty and Carole car hopping.
Topper Returns (1941)
Road Show (1941)
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Turnabout (1940)
One Million B.C. (1940)
Cowboys from Texas (1939)
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
Three Texas Steers (1939)
Four's a Crowd (1938)

I wake Up Screaming (1941). Suspense film.

I Wake Up Screaming (1941). Suspense film. Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, and Carole Landis. It is based on the novel with the same title by Steve Fisher, with a screenplay by Fisher and Dwight Taylor. It was one of the few times Betty Grable had a straight dramatic role in a picture.

Soon after Vicky Lynn is killed, New York City police question Frankie Christopher, a promoter who sponsored Vicky. Policeman Jerry MacDonald, asks Frankie to tell them how he met Vicky, and Frankie begins his story: One evening, Frankie goes with his friends to a lunchroom where Vicky works as a waitress. Impressed with her beauty Frankie takes her to the El Chico Club and helps her get invited to the table of influential Mrs. Handel. By the end of the evening Vicky is offered two modeling jobs. After her screen test Vicky tells Frankie that she is going to Hollywood without him. Feeling betrayed, Frankie storms out of her apartment and talks with Robin and Larry, both of whom have fallen in love with Vicky. As Jill begins sharing her side of the story: she tells the police that she does not believe that Frankie is guilty of killing her sister. She informs them that before Vicky met Frankie, a strange man had been following her, and when detective Cornell enters the interrogation room, Jill realizes that he was the man who was following Vicky. Frankie believes that detective Cornell is determined to pin the killing on him. Will Jill, the victim's sister help him prove his innocence?
I Wake Up Screaming deleted scene.
I Wake Up Screaming Movie Clip #2.
Dramatic, low-key lighting is what I remember most about this film. This was Betty Grable's first non-musical role. She's sweet, practical, and a brave film noir heroine. Victor Mature is a strong and appealing protagonist. The stand-out performance is Laird Cregar as the creepy, police detective Cornell. He's truly one of the most memorable noir villains. "I Wake Up Screaming" is a wonderful film noir.
Carole's websight: I wake up screaming.

MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW(1951).

Meet Me After the Show (1951). Musical. Cast: Betty Grable, MacDonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert and Fred Clark. The film was one of Grable's last musical films for Fox.

Delilah Lee, is trained by her husband Jeff Ames, for his new Broadway show. Delilah becomes so successful that she feels that Jeff thinks of her more as an asset than a wife. When the shows backer Gloria Carstairs begins a affair with Jeff, Delilah leaves him and heads for Miami, but.. regrets it later and tries to win him back. She pretends to have a romance with a Miami playboy. When Jeff learns of the affair he heads to Miami. But is lead on quite a hilarious chase until she finally allows herself to get caught. Highlighted by several wonderful musical numbers. You will find more dancing than is usual in this Grable film.

Soundtracks:
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"MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung and danced by Betty Grable with chorus


"BETTING ON A MAN"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung and danced by Betty Grable with chorus


"OH, ME! OH, MI-AMI"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung by chorus

"IT'S A HOT NIGHT IN ALASKA"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung and danced by Betty Grable with chorus


"(EV'RY DAY IS LIKE) A DAY IN MAYTIME"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung by Macdonald Carey

"NO TALENT JOE"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung and danced by Betty Grable with Gwen Verdon and chorus


"I FEEL LIKE DANCING"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung and danced by Betty Grable and Gwen Verdon with chorus


"NIGHT MUSIC"
Written by Hal Schaeffer (instrumental only)
Danced by Betty Grable and chorus

SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES (1942)

Springtime in the Rockies (1942). Musical/ comedy. Cast: Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Charlotte Greenwood, and Edward Everett Horton. Also in the cast was Grable's future husband Harry James, and his band. Director: Irving Cummings.

Dancer Vicky Lane waits for her partner, Dan Christy, but as usual, he is late. Vicky thinks that Dan is out buying her an engagement ring. But, he really is on a on a date with Marilyn Crothers. Fed up with Dan's womanizing, Vicky quits the show and returns to her former dancing partner, Victor Prince, who is still in love with her.

Three months pass, Dan cannot find a backer for his new show. His agent tells him that a couple of businessmen Bickel and Brown will back his show, only if he can get Vicky to return. Vicky and Victor are performing with Harry James and His Music Makers at a Lake Louise resort in the Canadian Rockies.

His agent tells Dan to romance Vicky so that she will come back, and not tell her about Bickel and Brown until she arrives in New York. He then asks bartender to get the drunken Dan on the next plane to Lake Louise. When Dan comes too, he finds himself at the Canadian resort and learns that he has hired McTavish as his valet and Rosita Murphy, as his secretary. He then confronts Vicky, who happily shows off her engagement ring given to her by Victor. Dan comes up with a plan to make Vicky jealous by romancing Rosita. His plan seems to be working until Rosita tells her the truth. One evening, Dan barges into Vicky's room and refuses to leave when she calls for Victor. Angered by Dan's presence, Victor accuses Vicky of cheating on him and she breaks off their engagement. Will Dan's plan to open his new show work out ?


A wonderful movie with Betty Grable, Harry James, John Payne and Carmen Miranda. If you love movies from the 40's or 50's you will love this movie. Betty Grable is in her best singing voice. Harry James, no one can compete with his great trumpet playing. Carmen Miranda, what more can you say about this talented South American singer. She steals all the scenes she is in. Not to forget Helen Forrest.. She was Harry James singer for a long time. She sang her signature song, "I Had The Craziest Dream". Too bad they don't make movies like this anymore.

Soundtrack:

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"Run, Little Raindrop, Run"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Betty Grable and John Payne
Also performed by Harry James and His Music Makers


"I Had the Craziest Dream"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Played during the opening credits and often throughout the picture
Also Performed by Helen Forrest with Harry James and His Music Makers



"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Portuguese lyrics by Aloysio De Oliveira
Performed in Portuguese by Carmen Miranda with Bando da Lua

"A Poem Set to Music"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Harry James and His Music Makers
Danced by Betty Grable and Cesar Romero



"O 'Tic-Tac' do Meu Coração"
Written by Alcyr Pires Vermelho and Walfrido Silva
Performed by Carmen Miranda with Bando da Lua

"Pan American Jubilee"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Portuguese lyrics by Aloysio De Oliveira
Performed by Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Harry James and His Music Makers and chorus

"Serenade in Blue"
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the bar scene

"Two O'Clock Jump"
Written by Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Harry James
Performed by Harry James and His Music Makers

"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"
Music by James V. Monaco
Performed by Harry James and His Music Makers

"I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)"
Music by Harry Warren
Played when Rosita is introduced

"Chica Chica Boom Chic"
Music by Harry Warren
Played by the band at the restaurant

"At Last"
Music by Harry Warren
Played by the band at the restaurant

"Sleepy Lagoon"
Music by Eric Coates
Heard during the hotel room scene with the roses
Played off screen by Harry James and His Music Makers

"Ciribiribin"
Music by A. Pestalozza

JUNE HAVER the 'Pocket Grable".

June Haver, born in Rock Island, Illinois as Beverly Jane Stovenour. "June" was her nickname. She is best remembered in 20th Century-Fox musicals in the late 1940s, most The Dolly Sisters, with Betty Grable. She is also often linked to her second husband, actor Fred MacMurray.


Haver began singing on stage at the age of six. As a teenager she performed with the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra. In 1943 20th Century Fox, with her first starring role as Cri-Cri in Home In Indiana (1944). Later that year she co-starred with future husband, Fred MacMurray, in Where Do We Go From Here?, which was the only time they performed in a film together. During her career at Fox, Haver was to be the next Betty Grable (she was known as "Pocket Grable"). She co-starred with Grable in the film, The Dolly Sisters (1946). Unfortunately, her acting career was short lived. At the urging Ann Miller and Ann Rutherford, Haver joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the age of 75. June Haver has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
JUNE AND BETTY SINGING TOGETHER.

THE DOLLY SISTERS (1945)

The Dolly Sisters (1945) Biographical film, about the Dolly Sisters, identical twins who became famous on Broadway. Cast: Betty Grable, June Haver and John Payne.

In 1904, Hungarian sisters Yansci and Roszika Dolly, travel to America with their uncle Latsie, when they stop by a New York City restaurant. On a whim the little girls dance as the band performs. It is 1912, and the girls, are now grown, they call themselves Jenny and Rosie, and they still love to dance and sing at the restaurant. Needing money to pay bills, Jenny and Rosie talk the restaurant owner help them find a job in upstate New York. On the train, the sisters meet singer Harry Fox, who is not too happy to find out that he has been billed below the two sisters and a performing seal. Harry and Jenny, fall in love. When the girls have to move on, Jenny promises Harry, that she will wait for him. Back in New York City, the sisters, are not having any luck with their singing career, until one day, Harry, comes back into their lives. Harry and Jenny, are very happy to see each other. Harry says, with his help, he can arrange an interview with, Oscar Hammerstein. Harry puts up the girls in an expensive hotel and buys them expensive clothes. The girls audition for Hammerstein, who is very impressed with them, and soon has them starring in one of his shows. But their success takes them out of Harry's league. Lots of wonderful songs. One of my favorite Betty Grable films. I think my favorite scene is when Betty was driving the car and has an accident. She really looked like she was having a nervous breakdown. Also in the hospital scene, she was again very convincing in her performance. Too bad the academy did not nominate her for an Oscar.

FUN FACTS:

Jenny Dolly, Rosie Dolly, and Harry Fox were real people.

The real Rosie Dolly, loaned her scrapbooks to Twentieth Century-Fox, for research on this movie.

Twentieth Century Fox, planned to have Alice Faye and Betty Grable, star in this movie. Miss Faye, becoming weary of musical roles, declined.

Betty Grable, using the pseudonym Ruth Haag (which combined her middle name with that of her husband Harry James), performed as vocalist for Harry James and His Music Makers on the best selling commercial disc, released by Columbia Records, of the movie's Oscar-nominated ballad, I Can't Begin to Tell You.



Soundtracks:
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"Hungarian Dance No. 5 (uncredited)
Music by Johannes Brahms
Played by the band at the Little Hungary restaurant
Danced by Evon Thomas and Donna Jo Gribble, Betty Grable and June Haver

"The Vamp"
(uncredited)
Written by Byron Gay
Performed by Betty Grable and June Haver during the rehearsal at the Elmira theater

"I Can't Begin to Tell You"
(uncredited)
Music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by John Payne during the rehearsal at the Elmira theater
Also performed by John Payne, Betty Grable and June Haver
Played often in the score

"Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl"
(uncredited)
Music by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Sung by Betty Grable, John Payne and chorus on record

"We Have Been Around"
(uncredited)
Music by Charles Henderson
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Betty Grable and June Haver

"Carolina in the Morning"
(uncredited)
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Performed by Betty Grable and June Haver

"Don't Be Too Old Fashioned (Old Fashioned Girl)"
(uncredited)
Music by Charles Henderson
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Betty Grable and June Haver

"Powder, Lipstick and Rouge"
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Revel
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Betty Grable, June Haver, and showgirls

"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"
Music by Harry Carroll
Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Sung by John Payne and Betty Grable

"The Darktown Strutters' Ball"
(uncredited)
Written by Shelton Brooks
Performed by Betty Grable, June Haver and showgirls

"Arrah Go on, I'm Gonna Go Back to Oregon"
(uncredited)
Music by Bert Grant
Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Sung by the soldiers as Harry reads the letter
Also sung by John Payne

"Mademoiselle from Armentières"
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by the soldiers at the train station

"Oh! Frenchy"
(uncredited)
Music by Con Conrad
Lyrics by Sam Ehrlich
Sung by the soldiers at the train station

"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!"
(uncredited)
Music by Felix Powell
Lyrics by George Asaf
Sung by the soldiers at the train station

"The Sidewalks of New York"
(uncredited)
Music by Charles Lawlor
Lyrics by James W. Blake
Played during the opening scene
Also performed by Betty Grable and June Haver at the benefit

"Me-ow"
(uncredited)
Music by Mel Kaufman
Played during the trained seal act

"Oh You Beautiful Doll"
(uncredited)
Music by Nat Ayer
Played when Harry and the girls are having coffee

"Smiles"
(uncredited)
Music by Lee S. Roberts
Lyrics by J. Will Callahan
Played as dance music at the London party
Sung by the soldiers when Harry is shown the magazine

"On the Mississippi"
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Carroll and Arthur Fields
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
Sung by a chorus when Harry gets the divorce notice

"Give My Regards to Broadway"
(uncredited)
Music by George M. Cohan
Played when the sign for the benefit is shown

"Cheyenne"
(uncredited)
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne
Played during the rope trick act at the benefit show.


The Real Dolly Sisters:

The Dolly Sisters, twins Rosika (Rose) and Jansci (Jenny) Deutsch, were born October 25, 1892 in Hungary, and traveled to the United States in 1905. They perfected a dance act, under the name of 'The Dolly Sisters' they began earning money in beer halls in 1907. Barred for being under age by the New York City stage, they toured the Orpheum circuit until 1909 when they debuted on the Keith vaudeville circuit till 1911 when they signed with the Ziegfeld Follies for two seasons.

In addition to making about a half dozen films from 1913 to 1920, they toured the theatres and dance halls of Europe. Sometimes they would perform with separate partners as "rival" acts to boost ticket sales.



Rosie lived long enough to see a biopic made in 1945 of their lives called, The Dolly Sisters - starring June Haver and Betty Grable.