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Summary: Hilarious
Review: This is one of the best Romantic/Comedys that I have ever seen,Marilyn Monroe is wonderful in this movie.This movie is for anyone who is looking for a good comedy that will make you laugh through the entire movie, ''HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE'' is the best choice.
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Summary: THREE LEGENDS TOGETHER
Review: This is the 2nd ultimate Monroe (the first being Loreli Lee in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes). She is delightful as the ditzy, near sighted blonde. When the three girls get together to snare rich husbands, everything goes haywire with lots of laughs. Too bad there weren't more scenes with Monroe, Bacall and Grable. Perhaps they were cut from the final film. The chemistry is grand but they just don't have enough inter-action together. For a pleasant evenings entertainment How To Marry A Millionaire fits the bill. Really does need the wide-screen format as someone is always cut out of the frame at certain camera angles.
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Summary: Marilyn should get the millionare
Review: This movie is half a century old and followed The Robe as the second Cinemascope feature. It's visually beautiful in the DVD widescreen version, evoking the thrill of first seeing Cinemascope in 1953 (which I'm old enough to remember). Though the story and humor are extremely dated and so many of its stars are now dead, the photography and sound are both so breathtakingly clear and beautiful, it makes one realize how advanced the technical side of filmmaking was that long ago. It's amazing how cinematographers of that day were able to adapt so quickly to the much wider screen and take full advantage of its sweep even during scenes filmed in close quarters, such as those on the airliner (which was a propeller plane, by the way). It's true that Lauren Bacall, though lovely in the film, looks much older than the "25" she's supposed to be. (I saw Ms. Bacall in person pitching her bio at a bookstore 45 years later and she looked un-surgically young and beautiful, so go figure.) While the movie is not great in terms of content or performances, it's worthwhile because it's a beautifully restored piece of movie history that recaptures a more innocent (?) age and preserves an important part of the Monroe legend.
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Summary: Beautiful Restoration on DVD
Review: This movie is half a century old and followed The Robe as the second Cinemascope feature. It's visually beautiful in the DVD widescreen version, evoking the thrill of first seeing Cinemascope in 1953 (which I'm old enough to remember). Though the story and humor are extremely dated and so many of its stars are now dead, the photography and sound are both so breathtakingly clear and beautiful, it makes one realize how advanced the technical side of filmmaking was that long ago. It's amazing how cinematographers of that day were able to adapt so quickly to the much wider screen and take full advantage of its sweep even during scenes filmed in close quarters, such as those on the airliner (which was a propeller plane, by the way). It's true that Lauren Bacall, though lovely in the film, looks much older than the "25" she's supposed to be. (I saw Ms. Bacall in person pitching her bio at a bookstore 45 years later and she looked un-surgically young and beautiful, so go figure.) While the movie is not great in terms of content or performances, it's worthwhile because it's a beautifully restored piece of movie history that recaptures a more innocent (?) age and preserves an important part of the Monroe legend.
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Summary: How to Marry a Millionaire? Well, being a model doesn't hurt
Review: Three beautiful, but almost broke, models have come up with the perfect plan to solve all their financial woes. And all they have to do is marry a millionaire. That should be simple, right? They've put all their cash together and rented a fab apartment, they are welcomed at all the right places, and they are dressed to kill. And there are takers...naturally. But what happens when the girls meet the men of their dreams...and they are not rich? Or are they? You'll have to watch it to find out whether love or money will win in the end. Buy this movie and YOU'LL be the winner either way. It is romantic and too funny.
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Summary: Did Women Really Dress That Way Then?
Review: Three gold diggers, Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe and Betty Grable, rent an apartment in Manhattan in order to catch wealthy husbands; and the rest, as they say, is herstory. We can only hope that these women got big bucks for starring in this mindless comedy. Monroe and Grable in much of the movie appear to be in a contest to see who can do or say the dumbest things. Ms. Bacall has a modicum of intelligence although she's no candidate for membership in Mensa International. On the other hand, if you accomplish what you are seeking, or some variation thereof, who's to say that you're dumb after all.
There are some funny moments in this bit of fluff. Ms. Grable mistakes a trumpet player she hears on the radio for Harry James. (For those of you whose first live president you remember was Ronald Reagan, Ms. Grable was married to Mr. James for many years.) Also, Me. Bacall makes a quip about the "old" man who starred in "The African Queen"; i.e., Humphrey Bogart. And Ms. Monroe, too vain to wear eyeglasses, just keeps running into walls.
Did women really dress this way in the 50's? I believe they did. You will laugh out loud at the costumes, from the one-piece swimsuits--the Miss America pageant has nothing on these gals-- to the dyed to match outfits to the skirts so full that they could serve as flotation devices should these women get into deep water. In the end, they all walk on dry land.
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Summary: If you like old movies, you'll like this
Review: Very funny movie. What goes wrong, can go wrong and will, for these 3 girls with Marriage on the mind. And not just any old husband shopping, but a Millionaire.Classic sexist statements and attitudes, but funny all the same.
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Summary: very, very disappointing and a lousy copy
Review: what a shame for twentieth century fox! film historically seen this movie was the second made in cinemascope and also done with stereo sound! But there is nothing of it on the tape! Mono-sounded and only 50 % of the original picture. And often enough the picture was anamorphically pressed, specially in the beginning, when Alfred Newman conducted the Twentieth Century-Fox orchestra, only to get the entire orchestra on the 50% TV picture they have "pressed" the original 100% film picture to fit the TV screen- what a disturbing effect! No star at all for such a film-video transfer. What a pitty that you can' t get a laserdisc copy which was available in the correct format 1:2.66 and in the wonderful stereo sound. 20th Century Fox has to do something about that poor quality when considering a "Marilyn Monroe Collection" on DVD!
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