How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) | |
| Director(s) | Jean Negulesco |
| Producer(s) | Nunnally Johnson |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic) |
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How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Nunnally Johnson.
Academy Awards 1953 --- Ceremony Number 26 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Costume Design | Charles LeMaire, Travilla | Nominated |
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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – How to Marry a Millionaire
By Gary Vitacco-Robles on Sep 21, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub BlogMarilyn Monroe Launches Cinemascope inHow to Marry A Millionaire (1953) ?People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night,? 20th Century-Fox Studio mogul Darryl Zanuck predicted of television. He could not have been more wrong. By 1953, cinema attendance dropped nearly fift... Read full article
Silver Screen Standards: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
By Jennifer Garlen on Mar 10, 2020 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver Screen Standards: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable & Lauren Bacall in How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) There?s a lot to love in the CinemaScope spectacle of Twentieth Century Fox?s How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), even if it sometimes plays like a de... Read full article
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
By Beatrice on Oct 31, 2015 From Flickers in TimeHow to Marry a Millionaire Directed by Jean Negulescou Written by Nunally Johnson from a play by Zoe Akins, Dale Eunson, and Katherine Albert 1953/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Schatze Page: Wealthy men are never old. I thought this was fun. Three fashion... Read full article
Lauren Bacall Birthday Blogathon – How To Marry a Millionaire
By Rhonda0731 on Sep 16, 2015 From Smitten Kitten VintageToday is Lauren Bacall’s birthday. She has had a long and prestigious career in film and she is surely missed. One of my favorite films of hers is How To Marry a Millionaire, also starring Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable. Of course, this film is great because Marilyn is in it, but Lauren brin... Read full article
Monroe, Bacall, and Grable show you... How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
By Michaela on Jun 1, 2015 From Love Letters to Old HollywoodHappy first day of June! But more importantly, happy birthday to that little-known actress...oh, what was her name? Oh yes, Marilyn Monroe. Like all her fans, I grieve at the "shoulda, coulda, woulda's" of Monroe's life and career, but I'm immensely grateful for what we do have and I will always cel... Read full article
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Quotes from
Schatze Page: Most women use more brains picking a horse in the third at Belmont than they do picking a husband.
[repeated line]
Schatze Page: [to Tom Brookman] Just as soon as I finish this, I never want to see you again.
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Facts about
On the plane, Pola is reading a book called "Murder By Strangulation" which is how Marilyn Monroe's character met her demise in Niagara.
Writer and humorist Dorothy Parker's famous quip that "men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses" was purposely bobbled by screenwriter (and producer) Nunnally Johnson for Marilyn Monroe's character Pola to assert to David Wayne (as Freddie) that "you know, men are seldom attentive to girls who wear glasses."
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