Three For The Show (1955)
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75% of users liked it
(32 ratings)
Three for the Show is a musical remake of the 1940 comedy Too Many Husbands, which in turn was based on a play by Somerset Maugham. In her next-to-last film, Betty Grable plays Julie, a popular musical comedy stars whose husband Marty (Jack Lemmon) is reported missing in action during WW2. After an… More Three for the Show is a musical remake of the 1940 comedy Too Many Husbands, which in turn was based on a play by Somerset Maugham. In her next-to-last film, Betty Grable plays Julie, a popular musical comedy stars whose husband Marty (Jack Lemmon) is reported missing in action during WW2. After an appropriate waiting period, Julie makes plans to marry Marty's best friend Vernon (Gower Champion), even though she still carries a torch for her "late" husband. After the wedding, who should show up but Marty, demanding his rights as a husband. At first appalled, Julie eventually begins to enjoy the notion of two husbands. In the original film, the plot was never resolved; in the remake, Marge Champion plays a sidelines character named Gwen, so it's a safe bet that Vernon will lose out to Marty in the Julie sweepstakes. Most of the songs in Three for the Show are old standards, written by such notables as the Gershwin brothers, Gene Austin and Hoagy Carmichael. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- H.C. Potter
- Written By
- Edward Hope, Leonard Stern
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 24, 1955 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It catches the leggy 39-nine-year old Betty Grable near the end of her fifteen year run as a headliner.
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Cast
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Betty Grable
as Julie Lowndes
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Marge Champion
as Gwen Howard
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Gower Champion
as Vernon Lowndes
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Jack Lemmon
as Marty Stewart
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Myron McCormick
as Mike Hudson
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Paul Harvey
as Col. Wharton
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Robert Bice
as Sgt. O'Hallihan
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Hal K. Dawson
as Theater Treasurer
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Eugene Borden
as Costume Designer
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Aileen Carlyle
as Mother
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Rudy Lee
as Boy
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Willard Waterman
as Moderator
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Charlotte Lawrence
as Girl
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Gene Wesson
as Reporter
