Three for the Show (1955)

5.9/10 93 min Music Comedy

Overview

This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.

Cast

Betty Grable

Julie Lowndes

Jack Lemmon

Martin 'Marty' Stewart

Marge Champion

Gwen Howard

Gower Champion

Vernon Lowndes

Myron McCormick

Mike Hudson

Robert Bice

Sgt. Charlie O'Hallihan

Paul Harvey

Col. Harold J. Wharton

Bess Flowers

Theatre patron in loge

Henry Slate

Sgt. Kowalski

Robert Bice

Sgt. Charlie O'Hallihan (uncredited)

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