List of the best Betty Grable movies: I Wake Up Screaming(1941), Springtime in the Rockies(1942), Down Argentine Way(1940), The Shocking Miss Pilgrim(1947), Sweet Rosie O'Grady(1943), Coney Island(1943), The Dolly Sisters(1946), Song of the Islands(1942), Meet Me After the Show(1951), My Blue Heaven(1950), Pin Up Girl(1944), That Lady in Ermine(1948) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
82 Minutes
Jill Lynn
Betty Grable Victor Mature Carole Landis Laird Cregar William Gargan Alan Mowbray Allyn Joslyn Elisha Cook Jr.
promoter victim sister police detective murderer hotel desk clerk dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station restaurant murder obsessive love false accusations show business new love revenge love
Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Vicky Lane
Betty Grable John Payne Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Jackie Gleason Frank Orth Harry Hayden Iron Eyes Cody Chick Chandler
dancer broadway star secretary valet ex-lover partner charming lighthearted uplifting resort rocky mountains broadway theater musical performance breakup reconciliation partnership misunderstanding love rivalry 1940s
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1940
88 Minutes
american woman horse breeder aunt father ambassador carmen miranda lighthearted cheery positive playful horse show new york city buenos aires, argentina nightclub horse track ranch horse racing vacation family feud cross-cultural romance
An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Cynthia Pilgrim
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Anne Revere Allyn Joslyn Gene Lockhart Elizabeth Patterson Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Shields Charles Kemper Roy Roberts Tom Moore
suffragette boyfriend coworker boss aunt artist lighthearted uplifting amusing charming boston office new york city house restaurant women's rights sexism social activism love transformation
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Madeleine "Madge" Marlowe, Rosie O'Grady
Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner Virginia Grey Phil Regan Sig Ruman Alan Dinehart
burlesque performer music hall singer newspaper reporter duke fiancé fiancée spirited engaging amusing playful london music hall newsroom secret past musical performance love new identity marriage love triangle transformation
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1943
96 Minutes
Betty Grable Cesar Romero George Montgomery Charles Winninger Phil Silvers Matt Briggs Paul Hurst Frank Orth
promoter saloon owner singer carnival worker bartender drunk amusing cheeky lighthearted coney island broadway theater saloon carnival backstage stage show business jealousy carnivals ambition love triangle
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Yansci "Jenny" Dolly
Betty Grable John Payne June Haver Reginald Gardiner Frank Latimore Gene Sheldon Sig Ruman Trudy Marshall
dancer uncle duke sister singer cheery charming new york city broadway theater paris new york state train show business immigration success sister relationship career vs. love rags to riches love rise
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Musical
USA
1942
75 Minutes
With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on behalf of his cattle baron father for land owned by transplanted Irishman Dennis O'Brien. But... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1951
86 Minutes
Delilah Lee
Betty Grable Macdonald Carey Rory Calhoun Eddie Albert Fred Clark Lois Andrews Irene Ryan Steve Condos Edwin Max Bob Nash
broadway star broadway producer rival singer husband lawyer playful crafty broadway theater apartment backstage nightclub doctor's office boat marriage divorce amnesia ambition trial reconciliation
Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
96 Minutes
Kitty Moran
Betty Grable Dan Dailey David Wayne Jane Wyatt Mitzi Gaynor Una Merkel Don Hicks Louise Beavers Laura Pierpont
husband wife dancer friend baby orphanage director charming emotional new york city radio station new jersey apartment tv station hospital pregnancy car accident miscarriage love triangle song and dance black market
Betty Grable and Dan Dailey are a married song and dance team who cannot have children. The movie follows the travails as they try and adopt and keep the kids they adopt while performing on their TV show.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
83 Minutes
Lorry Jones
Betty Grable John Harvey Martha Raye Joe E. Brown Eugene Pallette Mantan Moreland
singer best friend war hero friend club owner entertainer playful spirited montana u.s.o. club train station new york city nightclub washington, d.c. deception impersonation performance war heroes friendship home front
A U.S.O. singer poses as a Broadway star in order to attract a handsome war hero.
Musical
USA
1948
89 Minutes
Francesca, Angelina
Betty Grable Ernst Lubitsch Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Cesar Romero Walter Abel Reginald Gardiner Harry Davenport Virginia Campbell
countess newlywed colonel duke baron amusing charming frenetic castle italy invasion royalty ghosts ancestry romance forbidden love temptation 16th century
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1948
98 Minutes
Vaudeville performers, Dailey and Grable, have marital difficulties when he hits the "Big Time", which are compounded by his drinking problem.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
96 Minutes
Kay Hudson
Betty Grable Dan Dailey Danny Thomas Dale Robertson Benay Venuta Richard Boone Jeffrey Hunter Frank Fontaine Harry von Zell Dave Willock Bobby Ellis
A G.I. in occupied Japan tries to re-woo his old love, who's putting on a show for the troops.
Musical, Romance
USA
1953
81 Minutes
Molly Larkins
Betty Grable Dale Robertson Thelma Ritter John Carroll Eddie Foy Jr. Charlotte Austin Kathleen Crowley Merry Anders Donna Lee Hickey Lee Turnbull
A romantic triangle develops on Erie Canal boats in 1850.
Comedy, Western
1949
77 Minutes
Freddie
A saloon girl (Betty Grable) shoots at her boyfriend (Cesar Romero), leaves town, poses as a schoolteacher and woos a mineowner (Rudy Vallee).
Musical, Romance
1947
107 Minutes
singer dance hall girl parent daughter suitor engaging heartwarming spirited northern california boston boarding school stage vaudeville family fame mother/daughter relationship music love growing up metamorphosis
The daughter of vaudevillians recalls her parents (Betty Grable, Dan Dailey), a source of embarrassment to her big sister (Mona Freeman).
Musical, Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Betty Grable Gower Champion Jack Lemmon Marge Champion Myron McCormick Paul Harvey Robert Bice Hal K. Dawson Charlotte Lawrence Willard Waterman Aileen Carlyle
wife husband dancer best friend colonel producer amusing lighthearted stage reno, nev. new york city love triangle missing persons misunderstanding friendship marriage performance love rivalry 1950s
A Broadway star (Betty Grable) marries her husband's (Jack Lemmon) partner; then her husband returns from World War II.
Musical, Romance
1945
104 Minutes
Bonnie Collins
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Phil Silvers William Gaxton Beatrice Kay Margaret Dumont Roy Benson George Melford Hal K. Dawson Kenny Williams Reed Hadley
medical student dancer father girlfriend lighthearted amusing engaging nightclub stage father/son relationship new love show business dance love temptation 1940s
One New York nightclub star (Betty Grable) inspires another's son (Dick Haymes) to drop show business for medical school.
Comedy
USA
1936
84 Minutes
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
Musical
USA
1941
91 Minutes
Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
Don Ameche Betty Grable Bob Cummings Carole Landis Charlotte Greenwood Jack Haley
fortune hunter sister aunt bartender wealthy man heir charming lighthearted amusing mushy texas florida resort bar money sister relationship deception socialites romance impersonation
Sisters Kay and Barbara arrive in Miami from Texas looking for rich husbands.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
75 Minutes
Jane Morrow
A young woman is hired as a theater usherette and encounters her matinée idol, who helps her become a hit, and soon she finds herself engaged to another man, prompting a battle of romantic wits ensues.
War
USA
1941
98 Minutes
Carol Brown
Tyrone Power Betty Grable John Sutton Reginald Gardiner Donald Stuart Ralph Byrd Richard Fraser Denis Green
pilot commander girlfriend friend engaging rousing england nightclub military base london world war ii patriotism air force duty romance love discovery transformation 1940s
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
Musical
USA
1940
94 Minutes
Lily Blane
Alice Faye Betty Grable Jack Oakie John Payne Allen Jenkins Esther Ralston Fayard Nicholas Harold Nicholas Ben Carter John Loder Elisha Cook Jr.
singer songwriter musician boxer melodramatic charming new york city stage tin pan alley show business romance songwriting vaudeville world war i love rise quest 1910s
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1942
80 Minutes
Pat Lambert
boxer dancer actor producer singer understudy amusing melodramatic new york city broadway theater hotel boxing ring show business deception romance showdown marriage arrogance pursuit rivalry
A boxing champ gets involved with a Broadway show and a shapely chorine...who's engaged to his new sparring partner.
Comedy
USA
1939
53 Minutes
Ina Firpo
Joe Penner Betty Grable Richard Lane Tom Kennedy Thurston Hall Bernadene Hayes Carol Hughes Jack Arnold
A group of taxi drivers pool their money and buy a beer-loving racehorse.
Comedy
USA
1934
87 Minutes
Cayenne
Jimmy Durante Betty Grable Charles Butterworth Maxine Doyle Phil Regan Florine McKinney Nelson Eddy Herman Brix
A college rowing team's world tour is in jeopardy because a philosophy professor plans to flunk the entire crew. Ann, the instructor's niece, convinces him to tutor the team on the ocean ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Loco Dempsey
Marilyn Monroe Lauren Bacall Betty Grable David Wayne Cameron Mitchell William Powell Rory Calhoun Alex D'Arcy Fred Clark
model millionaire businessman widower fortune hunter amusing charming playful new york city apartment romance wealth wedding may-december romance love quest 1950s
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Nancy Larkin
Martha Raye Bob Hope Betty Grable Jack Whiting J.C. Nugent Clarence Kolb Nana Bryant Emerson Treacy Bonnie Jean Churchill Kathleen Lockhart Ralph Sanford
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfriend, Nancy Larkin to marry him. But Jim ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1935
81 Minutes
Mary Roberts
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Betty Grable Fred Keating Evelyn Brent Hale Hamilton Arthur Aylesworth Erik Rhodes Charles Wilson Willie Best Lew Kelly
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
Comedy
1932
74 Minutes
Barbara
Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Betty Grable Edna May Oliver Robert Armstrong Roscoe Ates Edgar Kennedy Warren Hymer Paul Hurst G. Pat Collins Stanley Blystone
A football-loving warden gives the inmates a chance to show their stuff by scheduling a game with another penitentiary.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1936
95 Minutes
Laura Watson
Stuart Erwin Patsy Kelly Jack Haley Johnny Downs Betty Grable Arline Judge Dixie Dunbar Judy Garland
coach student athlete wife communist sister lighthearted amusing charming yale stadium texas college football unlikely hero mix-up sports underdog rivalry quest
Married coaches Slug and Bessie find hillbilly football tosser Amos and the team gets invited to the Yale Bowl.
Drama
USA
1932
67 Minutes
Ruth
Sally Blane John Darrow J. Farrell MacDonald Clara Kimball Young Betty Grable Eddie Phillips David Rollins Matty Kemp
A reckless young society girl, whose uncle is a judge, is assigned a young offender as her chauffer to try to help straighten her out.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1934
107 Minutes
Guest
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Alice Brady Edward Everett Horton Erik Rhodes Eric Blore Betty Grable
dancer pretty woman lawyer ex-husband ex-wife amusing charming lighthearted spirited england resort new love romance song and dance adultery mistaken identity love discovery 1930s
A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
85 Minutes
Susan Hayes
Jack Benny Dorothy Lamour Edward Arnold Binnie Barnes Monty Woolley Isabel Jeans Phil Harris Betty Grable E.E. Clive Eddie Anderson Leonard Mudie
broadway producer singer love interest wife husband jealous man madcap hysterical charming london stage country house show business jealousy unrequited love schemes misunderstanding relationships love pursuit
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
76 Minutes
First Stewardess (uncredited)
Charles Ruggles Phil Harris Greta Nissen Helen Mack Chick Chandler June Brewster Shirley Chambers Florence Roberts Marjorie Gateson Betty Grable
A popular playboy goes on a cruise from New York in winter to California. He brings a friend to keep him from getting too serious with any of the many eligible women on the cruise. The plot... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1946
91 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara Dick Haymes Harry James Reginald Gardiner Richard Gaines Stanley Prager B.S. Pully Chick Chandler Alma Kruger Almira Sessions Douglas Wood
teacher headmistress singer bandleader musician cheery frenetic winsome confident conservatory train nightclub dance hall big-band music power of music unrequited love change of lifestyle love triangle pursuit transformation
The woman dean of a music school undergoes a glamorous transformation after she meets a swing bandleader.