How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
A film that's pure eye candy and i'm not just talking about Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe. No i'm also talking about the stunning CinemaScope photography. Every scene is a picture especially the snow covered wonders of Maine.
As for the film? It's an absolute gem. Bacall, Monroe and Grable are three models who rent a swish New York apartment they can ill afford in the hope of finding eligible millionaires to sweep them off their feet.
Do the girls find that mister right with millions in the bank? Well you'll have to watch it to find out.
The script is wonderful. The dialogue a delight, especially any scene featuring William Powell. At one point as Bacall attempts to explain her love for Powell's wealthy older man, twenty five years her senior, she says
" Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at that old fella what's his name in The African Queen"
Referring to her real life husband Humphrey Bogart who was indeed twenty five years older than she. It's just one of many in-jokes and comical lines in this extremely witty script as is Grable's introduction to the film when she only has a quarter to her name.
The film co-stars Cameron Mitchell who would go on to star for a certain Mario Bava in three films during the sixties including Blood and Black Lace (1964)
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