Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe play three blonde bombshells who set out to set themselves up with millionaires, only to find, predictably, that true love isn't something that can be bought.
The film goes down easy, mostly because of the talents of its three leading ladies. But its primary reason -- or two reasons -- for existence are as a showcase for a non-stop parade of fashionable gowns (designed by Charles LeMaire and Travilla) and the at the time new cinematic technique of Cinemascope, which uses such a wide aspect ration that every single interior -- a living room, a diner, a country cottage -- looks as big as an airline hangar. I don't think a single actor in the film is shot at anything closer than a medium closeup so that director Jean Negulesco can have expanses of frame left on either side which he chooses to fill with vast arrays of tacky 1950s decor.
The film does prove that Marilyn Monroe looks adorable in glasses.
Grade: B
The film goes down easy, mostly because of the talents of its three leading ladies. But its primary reason -- or two reasons -- for existence are as a showcase for a non-stop parade of fashionable gowns (designed by Charles LeMaire and Travilla) and the at the time new cinematic technique of Cinemascope, which uses such a wide aspect ration that every single interior -- a living room, a diner, a country cottage -- looks as big as an airline hangar. I don't think a single actor in the film is shot at anything closer than a medium closeup so that director Jean Negulesco can have expanses of frame left on either side which he chooses to fill with vast arrays of tacky 1950s decor.
The film does prove that Marilyn Monroe looks adorable in glasses.
Grade: B