How to Marry a Millionaire

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How to Marry a Millionaire

Released Nov 5, 1953

1h 35m

Comedy

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Schatze Page, Loco Dempsey and Pola Debevoise (Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe) are three women on a mission: They all want to marry a millionaire. To accomplish this task, they move into a fancy New York City apartment and begin courting the city's elite. They have no problem meeting rich men, but unfortunately most of them turn out to be creeps or cons. Eventually they must decide: Is a life of luxury more important to them than finding true love?

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

In How to Marry a Millionaire, directed by John Negulesco, there is the triple delight of Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall in one movie -- and one apartment.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 4, 2015

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

The stars save this 1953 entry, through fruitful collision if not smooth collaboration.

Aug 29, 2014

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Variety Staff

Variety

A real standout among the other players is William Powell as the elderly Texas rancher who woos, wins and then gives up Bacall.

Mar 26, 2009

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nothing much is demanded from the performers, but some of the dialogue is quite humorous – along with some fitting repetition (and related segues) that aids the love stories that stick.

Rated: 5/10

Sep 16, 2024

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Rachel Wagner

Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)

An underrated screwball comedy classic

Nov 6, 2023

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a mostly engaging and entertaining comedy...

Rated: 3/4

Jun 14, 2023

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Tamara K

Another bad film from the 1950's which assumes the best a woman can do in life is marry a rich man.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/03/24

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Leaburn O

Another Monroe film about marrying a rich man. The early 50s seemed to be obsessed with this issue. Not great but some banter along the way. Watched on a DVD that hung around the house for an age.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Alec B

Madcap antics are promised, and what we get is a dull and largely forgettable romantic comedy. To waste Monroe, Grable, Bacall and Powell in this manner is unforgivable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/10/23

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CodyZamboni Z

Amusing comedy, bright performances, Marilyn Monroe is absolutely stunningly beautiful in this movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/24

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david f

This comedy about 3 models who move into a temporary apartment in New York City in the Fifties with a plan to find Millionaire husbands is a funny entertainment. Marilyn Monroe shows she is a particularly gifted comedienne with her part of a near-sighted woman too reluctant to wear her glasses for fear of a man rejecting her over her looks. This leads to increasingly funny disasters-first when she walks into a wall in her own apartment, next when she's spotted reading a hardcover book upside down, and finally when-I shouldn't spoil it but I must-she boards a plane for Atlantic City, only to learn, halfway to her destination, that she got on a plan to Kansas City. Very funny movie with some great scenery of New York City, its skylines and river views, at its finest.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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farah r

No one does classic comedies like Marilyn Monroe. Every single one of her movies is delightful thanks to her beautiful face and charming personality. How to Marry a Millionaire sees her team up with Lauren Bacall for a funny and immensely entertaining movie where the title says it all.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

Schatze Page, Loco Dempsey and Pola Debevoise (Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe) are three women on a mission: They all want to marry a millionaire. To accomplish this task, they move into a fancy New York City apartment and begin courting the city's elite. They have no problem meeting rich men, but unfortunately most of them turn out to be creeps or cons. Eventually they must decide: Is a life of luxury more important to them than finding true love?

Director: Jean Negulesco
Producer: Nunnally Johnson
Screenwriter: Nunnally Johnson
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 5, 1953, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 1, 2015
Runtime: 1h 35m

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