How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955)2 girls on the lam hide out in a college fraternity. Director:Nunnally Johnson |
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| Betty Grable | ... |
Stormy Tornado
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| Sheree North | ... |
Curly Flagg
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| Robert Cummings | ... |
Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood
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| Charles Coburn | ... |
Dr. Tweed
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| Tommy Noonan | ... |
Eddie Jones
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Toby Marshall
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| Fred Clark | ... |
B.J. Marshall
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Charlotte Austin | ... |
Midge
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Alice Pearce | ... |
Miss 'Syl' Sylvester
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| Rhys Williams | ... |
Cedric Flagg
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Andrew Tombes | ... |
Police Sgt. Moon
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Noel Toy | ... |
Cherry Blossom Wang
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Emory Parnell | ... |
Chief of Police
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Harry Carter | ... |
Bus Driver
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Jesslyn Fax | ... |
Music Teacher
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Song-and-dance girls Curly and Stormy Tornado hide out with the guys at Bristol College when they know they can identify the killer of a fellow performer at their San Francisco cabaret. But they rather stand out in their stage costumes and soon all sorts of trouble is heading their way. The fact that Curly has been hypnotised doesn't help. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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college | commencement speech | stripper | repetition in title | graduation |Genres:
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EnglishRelease Date:
6 January 1956 (Belgium) See more »Also Known As:
Como Usar as Curvas See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 4, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Dr. Tweed: I've been calling Mrs. Marshall for three days, and for three days she's been in the shower... either a very dirty woman or a very clean one.
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(uncredited)
Music by Tod B. Galloway
Lyrics by Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomeroy
Sung by the girls before commencement
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This was the final feature of Betty Grable's 25-year film career. Her first screen appearance in Let's Go Places had been released less than a month after Betty had turned 13 years old. See more »Quotes
Wedgewood: And, er, Mrs. Marshall, sir?Dr. Tweed: I've been calling Mrs. Marshall for three days, and for three days she's been in the shower... either a very dirty woman or a very clean one.
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"The Whiffenpoof Song"(uncredited)
Music by Tod B. Galloway
Lyrics by Meade Minnigerode and George S. Pomeroy
Sung by the girls before commencement
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Anemic comedy--a non-musical remake of 1934's "She Loves Me Not"--written by producer-director Nunally Johnson, who based his screenplay on the first version, which was adapted from both Ed Hope's book and Howard Lindsay's play, which was itself reworked in 1942 as "True to the Army" (!). With such a lopsided pedigree, it isn't any wonder why the finished results are so tepid. Betty Grable and Sheree North are "hoochie koochie" dancers in San Francisco who take it on the lam after witnessing a shooting at their dive in Chinatown; seeking refuge in a college fraternity house, North is inadvertently hypnotized by an amateur psychology major. Terrible acting, ugly decor, poor cinematography, and moldy attempts at 'modern' humor set aside, one can hardly keep from laughing when chorine Grable is described as a dancer in her twenties. This project was a hand-me-down from Grable's "How to Marry a Millionaire" co-star Marilyn Monroe after she bowed out; sadly, it was Betty Grable's final film. Shrill, desperate, and unrelievedly dull. * from ****