How to Marry a Millionaire
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| Directed by | Jean Negulesco |
| Produced by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on |
The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoë Akins Loco by Dale Eunson Katherine Albert |
| Starring |
Marilyn Monroe Betty Grable Lauren Bacall William Powell |
| Music by |
Cyril J. Mockridge, composer Alfred Newman, direction |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Louis R. Loeffler |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,870,000 |
| Box office | $8,000,000 |
How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and written and produced by Nunnally Johnson. The screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It by Zoë Akins and Loco by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert.
The film stars Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall as three , along with William Powell, David Wayne, Rory Calhoun, and Cameron Mitchell. Betty Grable received top billing in the screen credits but Marilyn Monroe’s name was first in all advertising, including the trailer.
Made by 20th Century Fox, How to Marry a Millionaire was the first film ever to be photographed in the new CinemaScope wide-screen process, although it was the second Cinemascope film released by Fox after the biblical epic film The Robe (also 1953).
How to Marry a Millionaire was also the first 1950s color and CinemaScope film ever to be shown on prime time network television (though panned-and-scanned), when it was presented as the first film on NBC Saturday Night at the Movies on September 23, 1961.
The soundtrack from How to Marry a Millionaire was released on CD by Film Score Monthly on March 15, 2001.
Resourceful Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall), spunky Loco Dempsey (Betty Grable), and ditzy Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe) rent a luxurious Sutton Place penthouse in New York City from Freddie Denmark (David Wayne), who is avoiding the IRS by living in Europe. The women plan to use the apartment to attract rich men and marry them. When money is tight, Schatze pawns some of Freddie's furniture, without his knowledge. To their dismay, as winter approaches, the furnishings continue to be sold off as they have no luck.
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