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Betty Grable: Stars
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Betty Grable was an iconic figure in American culture during the 1940s, when she became the highest paid female star in Hollywood. Many people are familiar with Betty Grable's famous pin-ups, but she ... starred in a large number of films and musicals. Like many stars in her day, Grable worked extremely hard on her films, often turning up in multiple productions in the same year.
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Who else but Betty Grable, WWII's most famous pair of legs, could play the title role? In this musical comedy she's a secretary who masquerades as a singer and finds herself on the stage of a USO canteen performing for the troops. John Harvey, Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye co-star. 83 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer; audio commentary; photo gallery; deleted scene; collectible lobby cards.
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Synopsis: Preston Sturges' final American film was generally conceded to be a disaster in 1949; even star Betty Grable publicly bad-mouthed the finished product. When seen today, Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, while no classic, seems a lot better than it did five decades ago. Grable plays a westernRead More
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Who else but Betty Grable, WWII's most famous pair of legs, could play the title role? In this musical comedy she's a secretary who masquerades as a singer and finds herself on the stage of a USO canteen performing for the troops. John Harvey, Joe E. Brown, Martha Raye co-star.
[T]he film belongs to Grable who, no longer a 20-something, bubbly babe, was still a major beauty who had by 1950 developed her softer adult sensibilities which come across in her scenes with the kids. She ... is great in the scene where she catches Daily and Gaynor in a kiss and she stands her ground as the loving wife. This kind of sophisticated yet vulnerable scene is perfect for Grable whose wide ranging performance leaves no doubt about who is the star of this film. The DVD comes with a dry, scholarly but interesting audio commentary from film historian Drew Casper who relates the importance of this film in an era of shifting tastes and media upheaval from the upstart realm of the new kid on the block, television. It’s fun to note that all the television set shown in this film are seeing the TV musical numbers in color but that color TV sets didn’t exist at the time.
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Grable earned good reviews while with Haley. 20th Century Fox head Darryl F. Zanuck took notice and signed her to a contract, though he didn't offer her any work. Zanuck simply wanted to keep her around as back-up in case something happened to his reigning star, Alice Faye. Grable continued to work for Haley then co-starred in the Broadway production of
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