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Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
Produced by | William LeBaron |
Screenplay by |
Robert Ellis Helen Logan Earl Baldwin |
Based on |
Imagine Us! 1942 Good Housekeeping by Libbie Block |
Starring |
Betty Grable John Harvey Martha Raye Joe E. Brown |
Music by | James V. Monaco |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2 million |
Pin Up Girl is a 1944 20th Century Fox Technicolor musical romantic comedy motion picture starring Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, and Joe E. Brown.
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and produced by William LeBaron, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Ellis, Helen Logan and Earl Baldwin based on a short story titled Imagine Us! (1942) by Libbie Block.
Pin Up Girl capitalized on Grable's iconic pin-up status during World War II, even using her famous swimsuit photo in portions of the movie.
Lorry Jones (Betty Grable) is working as a hostess at the local USO canteen in "Missoula, Missouri," where she performs as a singer and signs photographs of herself for adoring soldiers.
It is her job to keep them happy and routinely accept every marriage proposal. One of her suitors, Marine Sergeant George Davis (Roger Clark), does not realize she has no real intention of marrying him.
Meanwhile, Lorry and her best friend, Kay Pritchett (Dorothea Kent), have accepted jobs as stenographers in Washington, D.C., but they tell the soldiers that they are going on a USO tour.