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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousWitty
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Plot:
- FriendshipLooking for LoveMistaken IdentityDishonestyLove and RomanceFriendsDisorderFall in Love more...
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Genres:
- ComedyRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century50s
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Place:
- New YorkUSAUrban
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Audience:
- Date NightGirls' Night
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- Comedy of Errors
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- Ensemble Cast
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- Based on Play
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How to Marry a Millionaire, 1953
English
USA
Profile of How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire can be described as witty, feel good, and humorous. The plot revolves around mistaken identities, looking for love, and friendship. Its comic aspect comes from a comedy of errors. How to Marry a Millionaire's main genres are comedy and romance. In terms of style, it stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is realistic. How to Marry a Millionaire is set, at least in part, in an urban environment. It is located in New York. It takes place in the 1950s. How to Marry a Millionaire is adapted from a play. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. It is well suited for a girls' night and a date night.
Summary of How to Marry a Millionaire
Three screen goddesses--Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, and Marilyn Monroe--star as golddigging models blessed with fabulous looks but limited brain power. The three blondes pool their resources and conspire to nab millionaire husbands, renting an expensive penthouse to lure in their likely prey. But with Rory Calhoun, Cameron Mitchell, David Wayne, Fred Clark, Alex D'Arcy, and William Powell playing the desired millionaires, the gals are pushed to the end of their wits as they try to decide whom to wed.
Basing his work on two successful stage plays, famed producer and screenwriter Nunnally Johnson's dialogue is fabulous, and scenic views of Manhatten exploit the CinemaScope widescreen aesthetic. Director Jean Negulesco keeps the antics of the remarkable ensemble cast hyped to an outrageous level, which combines perfectly with both the script and the music to create exceptionally entertaining and classic camp. This film is a must-see for fans of Marilyn Monroe, who again asserts the brilliance of her comedic timing as the extremely myopic Pola, a woman who refuses to wear glasses because she fears that they ruin her looks.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 4 November 1953 |
| Runtime: | 95 min |
Cast and Crew
as Pola Debevoise
as Loco Dempsey
as Schatze Page
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