Pin-Up Girl

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone, Bruce Humberstone H. Bruce Humberstone

Overview

Designed purely as a movie to make WW II war-weary viewers feel better, this lively music stars Betty Grable as a secretary who manages to become a popular pinup girl and win the heart of a soldier by masquerading as a Broadway star.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/28/2015
UPC:	0024543039464
Original Release:	1944
Rating:	NR
Source:	FOX MOD
Language:	English
Time:	1:23:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Betty Grable	Lorry Jones aka Laura Lorraine
John Harvey	Tommy Dooley
Joe E. Brown	Eddie Hall
Martha Raye	Molly McKay
Eugene Pallette	Barney Briggs
Skating Vanities	Themselves
Dorothea Kent	Kay
Dave Willock	Dud Miller
Robert E. Homans	Stage Doorman
Marcel Dalio	Headwaiter
Roger Clark	George
Leon Belasco	Captain of Waiters
Irving Bacon	Window Cleaner
Walter Tetley	Messenger Boy
Ruth Warren	Scrubwoman
Max Willenz	Waiter
Mantan Moreland	Redcap
Charles Moore	Redcap
Gloria Nord	Roller Skating Headliner
Hermes Pan	Apache Dancer
Angela Blue	Specialty Dancer
J. Farrell MacDonald	Trainman
Lillian Porter	Cigarette Girl
Charlie Spivak & Orchestra	Himself
Emil Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

Earl Baldwin

Helen Logan

Robert Ellis

H. Bruce Humberstone	Director,Director
Fred Sersen	Special Effects
William Le Baron	Producer
Earl Baldwin	Screenwriter
Helen Logan	Screenwriter
Robert Ellis	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Pin-Up Girl is an awfully thin little musical, even for star Betty Grable, who rarely got vehicles that were worthy of her talents. Even more disappointing is the fact that Pin-Up, starring the most famous pin-up girl of her time, fails to deliver on the promise of its title: Grable is rarely given the chance to show off her fine physical assets, primarily due to the fact that she was pregnant at the time of filming. As is often the case with Grable films, the musical numbers have to carry the picture and while the songs themselves are not especially distinguished, Grable makes the absolute most out of them and forces even the duller ones into something to see. Of special interest is the "Once Too Often" sequence, notable for the appearance of Fred Astaire choreographer Hermes Pan, who performs a semi-apache dance with Grable that's a definite highlight. As her co-star, John Harvey is a bit too insubstantial, and comics Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown use their generous-sized mouths to try for as many laughs as they can, but don't have the material to garner much success. Pin-Up isn't awful, but there's not much aside from Grable (and Pan) to recommend it.