Three for the Show (1955)
- Starring:
- Betty Grable, Marge Champion, (more)
- Director(s):
- H.C. Potter
Synopsis of Three for the Show
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
Complete Cast of Three for the Show
- Betty Grable - Julie Lowndes
- Gower Champion - Vernon Lowndes
- Myron McCormick - Mike Hudson
- Robert Bice - Sgt. O'Hallihan
- Eugene Borden - Costume Designer
- Charlotte Lawrence - Girl
- Rudy Lee - Boy
- Marge Champion - Gwen Howard
- Jack Lemmon - Marty Stewart
- Paul Harvey - Col. Wharton
- Hal K. Dawson - Theater Treasurer
- Willard Waterman - Moderator
- Gene Wesson - Reporter
- Aileen Carlyle - Mother
- Director(s):
- H.C. Potter
- Writer(s):
- Leonard B. Stern
- Producer(s):
- Jonie Taps
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