How to Marry a Millionaire

1953
Approved
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Trailer for this black and white classic in wonderful CinemaScope

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Romantic Comedy Screwball Comedy Comedy Drama Romance

Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

25K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 nominations total

Cab Driver
(uncredited)

Merry Anders

Model
(uncredited)

Jan Arvan

Tony
(uncredited)

Charlotte Austin

Model
(uncredited)

John Breen

Cook
(uncredited)

Benny Burt

Reporter
(uncredited)

Harry Carter

Elevator Operator
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Waiter at Wedding
(uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Restaurant Patron
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Lauren Bacall's character, Schatze, says, "I've always liked older men . . . Look at that old fellow, what's-his-name, in The African Queen (1951); absolutely crazy about him." She is referring to her then real-life husband, Humphrey Bogart.

Goofs
While eating at the hamburger place, the cigarette in Brookman's left hand changes into a napkin between shots.

Quotes
Schatze Page: What I'm trying to tell you , J.D., is that I've always liked older men. Look at Roosevelt, look at Churchill, look at that old fellow, what's his name, in "African Queen". Absolutely crazy about him!

Connections
Featured in Marilyn (1963)

Soundtracks
The Twentieth Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra's 'Street Scene'
Composed and Conducted by Alfred Newman
Performed by The Twentieth Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra in the prologue

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7/10

'Keep the change, Mac.'

Three models (Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall) pool their resources to rent an expensive penthouse apartment in New York, each girl hoping to catch a wealthy husband...

Cameron Mitchell helps Betty Grable with groceries one morning and meets and falls in love with Bacall But she rejects him, thinking he is a 'gas pump jockey.'

The girls are nearly broke when Grable introduces them to an oil tycoon, a widower (William Powell) who becomes interested in Bacall Grable takes a trip with wealthy and married Fred Clark, under the impression that they are going to a convention in Maine Once at his lodge, she realizes they will be alone and is set to return to New York when she suddenly felt sick A forest ranger named Rory Calhoun comes into her life, and they fall in love

Marilyn leaves by plane to meet her one-eyed playboy Alex D'Arcy in Atlantic City, but because she refuses to wear glasses in public to correct her nearsightedness, she gets on the wrong plane On board she meets David Wayne, the owner of their penthouse apartment, who is on his way to Kansas City to find his tax accountant because of whom he is in trouble with the revenue department

Bacall, left alone and without money, agrees to marry the oilman Powell

"How to be a Millionaire" was the second CinemaScope film ever made, the first being "The Robe." The film marked David Wayne's last movie appearance with Marilyn He made four pictures with her, more than any other actor