Pin up girl

United States, 1944

Film
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Gorgeous Betty Grable (voted the Armed Forces’ favourite pin up girl), stars as a War Department typist, who doubles as a small-time USO entertainer desperate for a chance at the big-time. Her penchant for telling lies gets her into all sorts of trouble especially when she fibs her way into the company of war hero Tommy Dooley (John Harvey) by pretending to be a musical star. Her life gets more complicated when she is appointed secretary to the handsome war hero. Barely disguised, she manages to fool him for a time, but not when she flashes those million dollar legs! Grable turns in a wonderful performance and there are several excellent musical numbers.

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Credits

director

Bruce Humberstone

producer

William Le Baron

production company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Duration

01:19:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1944

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304734

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Musicals

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q3388574

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