Three for the Show (1955)
LET'S GO! TO THE YEAR'S TOP MUSICAL SHOW!
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
- Date of release
- 1955-02-24
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy, Romance
- Director
- H. C. Potter
Casting
- Betty Grable — Julie Lowndes
- Marge Champion — Gwen Howard
- Gower Champion — Vernon Lowndes
- Jack Lemmon — Marty Stewart
- Myron McCormick — Mike Hudson
- Robert Bice — Charlie O'Hallihan (uncredited)
- Paul Harvey — Harold Wharton (uncredited)
- Bess Flowers — Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
- Henry Slate — Sergeant Kowalski (uncredited)
- Johnny Brazil — Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
- Ettore Corving — Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
- Mario Groscup — Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Three for the Show is a 1955 Technicolor and in CinemaScope musical comedy remake of Too Many Husbands. It stars actress Betty Grable, in her last musical, opposite Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion and Marge Champion. It is based on the 1919 play Home and Beauty by W. Somerset Maugham, which was retitled to Too Many Husbands when it came to New York.
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