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Mike Lally
- 2nd Police Detective
- (as Michael Lally)
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- TriviaFinal film of Betty Grable. Her first screen appearance in Let's Go Places (1930) had been released less than a month after Grable had turned 13 years old. This film marked the end of her 25-year movie career, although she did make a few appearances on television after this.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
- SoundtracksHow to Be Very, Very Popular
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Sung by off-screen vocalists during the opening credits
Played occasionally in the score
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Stormy Tornado (Betty Grable) and Curly Flag (Sheree North) are a team of "interpretative dancers" (not "belly dancers" as incorrectly identified by a previous user comment) who witness the murder of Miss Cherry Blossom Wang and are the run from her killer. They pool their money to get on a bus and wind up in College City, still dressed in their stage costumes. They wind up in an all-boys college dorm and the film ensues with a series of not very funny events because of their situation, their lack of dress and Curly being accidentally hypnotized. This is one of Sheree North's first "big" roles (she was offered the part that Marilyn Monroe turned down, and at the time was viewed by Fox as their new "blonde" to replace their unwilling star Marilyn Monroe, who wanted more substantial roles). She delivers a very wooden performance. Betty Grable, on the other hand, made this her last film for Fox. While she delivers a typical sassy performance, she can not float the rest of the cast which is struggling with a really poorly written script. Orson Bean couldn't act his way out of a bag in this film. Tommy Noonan (Eddie) and Robert Cummings (Wedgewood) also deliver a zinger or two, but the film is really uneventful. A film only for die-hard fans of Grable or North.
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- Budget
- $1,565,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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By what name was How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) officially released in India in English?
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