Betty Grable Films

Early YearsOn The RiseTop Hollywood YearsFinal Films

The early years ….. 1930 – 1934

The FilmYearStudioDirectorTop 5 Cast MembersDescriptionSoundtrack
Let’s Go Places1930FoxFrank StrayerLola Lane, Sharon Lynn, Frank Richardson, Walter Catlett, Dixie LeeBetty is a chorus girl.Hollywood Nights,Parade of the Blues, Reach Out for a Rainbow, Um-Um in the Moonlight, The Boop-Boop-a-Doopa-Doo Trot, Fascinatin’ Devil with Those Angel Eyes, Let’s Go Places, The Snowball Man
New Movietone Follies of 19301930FoxBenjamin StoloffEl Brendel, Marjorie White, Frank Richardson, Noel Francis, William Collier, Jr.Betty is a chorus girl.?
Whoopee1930G-U AThornton FreelandEddie Cantor, Sally Morgan, Paul Gregory, Jack Rutherford, Ethel ShuttaBetty is a chorus girl. Elevated to title of “Goldwyn Girl”.Whoopee, My Baby Just Cares For Me, The Cowboy Song
Kiki1931United ArtistsSam TaylorMary Pickford, Reginald Denny, Joseph Cawthorn, Margaret Livingston, Phil TeadBetty is a chorus girl.?
Palmy Days1931United ArtistsA. Edward SutherlandEddie Cantor, Charlotte Greenwood, Spencer Charters, Barbara Weeks, George RaftMore “Goldwyn Girl” work.Bend Down Sister, My Baby Said Yes, Yes, There’s Nothing Too Good For My Baby
The Greeks Had a Word For Them1932United ArtistsLowell ShermanMadge Evans, Joan Blondell, Ina Claire, David Manners, Phillips SmalleyBetty models a sexy Chanel evening gown.?
The Kid From Spain1932United ArtistsLeo McCareyEddie Cantor, Lyda Roberti, Ruth Hall, John Miljan, Noah BeeryHer last “Golwyn Girl” film.In The Moonlight, Look What You’ve Done, What a Perfect Combination
Child Of Manhattan1932ColumbiaEddie BuzzellNancy Carroll, John Boles, Warburton Gamble, Clara Blandick, Jane DarwellBetty gets 7th billing in role of Lucy.?
Hold ‘Em Jail1932RKONorman TaurongBurt Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Edgar Kennedy, Betty Grable, Edna May OliverBetty gets principal role as daughter of warden.?
Probation1932ChesterfieldRichard ThorpeSally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eddie Phillips, Clara Kimball Young, Betty GrableBetty gets 5th billing, straight role.?
Cavalcade1933FoxFrank LloydClive Brook, Diana Wynyard head huge cast in Noel Coward screenplayBetty drops to “girl on couch” billing.?
Sweetheart of Sigma High1933MonogramEdwin I. MarinMary Carlisle, Buster Crabbe, Charles Starret, Florence Lake, Eddie TamblynBetty sneaks into this one as a member of the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra.?
Melody Cruise1933RKOMark SandrichCharlie Ruggles, Phil Harris, Greta Nissen, Helen Mack, Chick ChandlerBetty lands a role of a stewardess in this mild musical.I Met Her At A Party, He’s Not The Marrying Kind, This is the Hour, Isn’t This A Night For Love
What Price Innocence1933ColumbiaWilliam MackWillard Mack, Jean Parker, Betty Grable, Bryant Wahburn, Ben AlexanderBetty is Jean Parker’s pal in this juvenile message drama.?
By Your Leave1934RKOLloyd CorriganFrank Margan, Genevieve Tobin, Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon, Glenn AndersBetty gets 8th billing in another straight role.?
Student Tour1934MGMCharles ReisnerJimmy Durante, Charles Butterworth, Maxine Doyle, Phil Regan, Florence McKinneyBetty gets 8th billing in the first of her several “coed” roles.A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder, The Carlo, Snake Dance, The Taj Mahal, From Now On, Fight ‘Em, I Say It With Music
The Gay Divorcee1934RKOMark SandrichFred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik RhodesBetty is billed 6th and gets a featured dance number “Let’s K-knock K-nees” with Edward Everett HortonLooking For A Needle In A Haystack, The Continental, Don’t Let It Bother You, Let’s K-nock Knees, Night and Day
Betty on her Rise ….. (1935 – 1939)
FilmYearStudioDirectorTop 5 Cast MembersDescriptionSountrack
The Nitwits1935RKOGeorge StevensBert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, Fred Keating, Betty Grable, Evelyn BrentBetty is a comedy murder suspect and gets third billingMusic In My Heart
Old Man Rythym1935RKOEdward LudwigCharles “Buddy” Rogers, George Barbier, Barbara Kent, Grace Bradley, Betty GrableBetty as coed, meets Hermes Pan who she will work with many times in later roles.Boys Will Be Boys, I Never Saw A Better Night, There’s Nothing Like A College Education, When You Are In My Arms, Comes The Revolution, Baby
Collegiate1936ParamountRalph MurphyJoe Penner, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks, Frances Langford, Betty GrableBetty Coed strikes again.I feel Like A Feather In The Breeze, You Hit The Spot, Rhythmatic, My Grandfather’s Clock, In The Hallway, Who Am I, Will I Ever Know, Guess Again, Learn To Be Lovely
Follow The Fleet1936RKOMark SandrichFred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid AllwynBetty is one of three show girls.I’m Putting All My Eggs In One Basket, We Saw The Sea, Let’s Face The Music and Dance, Let Yourself Go, But Where Are You, I’d Rather Lead A Band, Get Thee Behind Me Satan
Don’t Turn ‘Em Loose1936RKOBen StoloffLewis Stone, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot, Betty Grable and Nella WalkerAnother message film, about parole laxity.?
Pigskin Parade193620th Century-FoxDavid ButlerStuart Erwin, Patsy Kelly, Jack Haley, Johnny Downs and Betty GrableAnother coed filmIt’s Love I’m After, Balboa, You’re Slightly Terrific, You Do The Darndest Things Baby, Hold That Bulldog
This Way Please1937ParamountRobert FloreyCharles “Buddy” Rogers,Mary Livingstone, Betty Grable, Arline Judge and Dixie DunbarBetty plays her first bride in a slapstick comedyIs It Love, Or Infatuation, This Way Please, Delighted To Meet You, What This Country Needs Is Voom Voom, I’m The Sound Effects Man
Thrill of a Lifetime1937ParamountGeorge ArchainbaudJudy Canova, Betty Grable, Buster Crabbe, Dorothy Lamour and Johhny DownsBetty plays yet another sweetheart in this musical.Keeno, Screeno, and You, I’ll Follow My Baby, Thrill Of A Lifetime, Paris In Swing, SweetheartTime, It’s Been A Whole Year, If We Could Run the Country For a Day
Give Me A Sailor1938ParamountElliott NugentMartha Raye, Bob Hope, Betty GrableBetty plays opposite funnyman Bob Hope.What Goes On Here in My Heart
College Swing1938ParamountRaoul WalshGeorge Burns and Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton and Florence George.Full cast of future stars, another coed film.I Fall In Love With You Every Day, What a Rhumba Does To Romance, The Old School Bell, Moments LIke This, What Did Romeo Say To Juliet, College Swing
Campus Confessions1938ParamountGeorge ArchainbaudBetty Grable, Eleanor Whitney, William Henry, Fritz Feld and John Arledge.Betty’s first billing in an unmemorable film?
Man About Town1939ParamountMark SandrichJack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Binnie Barnes and Phil HarrisBetty does her comedic best in this Jack Benny filmThat Sentimental Sandwich, Man About Town, Fidgety Joe, Bluebirds in the Moonlight, Strange Enchantment
Million Dollar Legs1939ParamountNick GrindleBetty Grable, John Hartley, Donald O’Conner, Jackie Coogan and Buster CrabbeBetty starring in yet another coed film, oh, and the title refers to a horse, not Betty.?
The Day The Bookies Wept1939ParamountLeslie GoodwinJoe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy and Thurston HallBetty is female lead in this Penner comedy.?
Betty’s Top Years in Hollywood
The FilmYearStudioDirectorTop 5 Cast MembersDescriptionSoundtrack
Down Argentine Way194020th Century-FoxIrving CummingsDon Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, and J. Carroll NaishBetty’s career finally takes hold in this acclaimed musicalTwo Dreams Met, Menita, Sing To Your Senorita, I Want My Mama, Doin’ The Conga, South American Way
Tin Pan Alley194020th Century-FoxWalter LangAlice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne and Allen JenkinsIt’s a sister act with Alice Faye and the last time she would receive second billing for many years.You Say The Sweetest Things Baby, America I Love You, Goodbye, Broadway, Hello France, Moonlight Bay, The Sheik of Araby, K-K-K-Katy
Moon Over Miami194120th Century-FoxWalter LangBetty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, Charlotte Greenwood and Jack HaleyAnother sister act, this time with Carole Landis. Remake of 1938 Three Blind Mice.Solitary Seminole, Loveliness and You, You Started Something, Hurray For Today, Miami, I’ve Got You All By Myself, Is That Good?, Kindergarten Conga,
A Yank in the R.A.F.194120th Century FoxHenry KingBetty Grable, Tyrone Power, John Sutton, Reginald Gardner and Donald Stuart.Betty in a straight role, black & white.?
I Wake Up Screaming194220th Century-FoxH. Bruce HumberstoneBetty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar and William GarganBlack and white drama in which Betty plays sister to Carole Landis. It’s up to sleuth Betty and Victor Mature to find the real killer.Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Song Of The Islands194220th Century-FoxWalter LangBetty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Thomas Mitchell and George Barbier.Betty in Technicolor in this Hawaiian delight.Blue Shadows and White Gardenias, O’Brien Has Gone Hawaiian, Malalo Mawena, What’s Buzzin’ Cousin?, Down On Ami-oni-isle, Sing Me A Song Of The Islands
Footlight Serenade194220th Century-FoxGregory RatoffBetty Grable, John Payne, Victor Mature, Jane Wyman and James GleasonBlack and white backstage musical.Living High (On Western Hill), I’ll Be Marching To a Love Song, I’m Still Crazy For You, I Heard the Birdies Sing, Are You Kidding?, Land On Your Feet
Springtime in the Rockies194220th Century-FoxIrving CummingsBetty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, and Harry James and his OrchestraBeautiful Technicolor film with a cameo by Harry James (Betty’s future husband)I Had The Craziest Dream, A Poem Set To Music, Pan American Jubilee, Run Little Raindrop Run, I Like To Be Loved By You, Chatanooga Choo Choo
Coney Island194320th Century-FoxIrving CummingsBetty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Charles Winninger and Phil SilversBetty plays a show girl who needs to be refined to be noticed in Coney IslandTake IT From There, Beautiful Coney Island, Miss Lulu From Louisville, Get The Money, There’s Danger In A Dance, Old Demon Run, Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Everybody Loves A Baby
Sweet Rosie O’Grady194320th Century-FoxIrving CummingsBetty Grable, Robert Young, Adolph Menjou, Reginald Gardner and Virginia GreyBetty plays a singer from Brooklyn who becomes the toast of LondonMy Heart Tells ME, The Wishing Waltz, Get Your Police Gazette, My Sam, Going To The Fair, Where Oh Where Is The Groom?
Four Jills in a Jeep194420th Century-FoxWilliam A. SeiterKay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, Mitzi Mayfair and Jimmy Dorsey and BandBetty plays a small cameo rolein this back and white wartime filmCrazy Me, You Send ME, How Blue The Night, How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You, Ohio, It’s the Old Army Game, YOu Never Miss A Trick, Heil, Heel Hitler
Pin Up Girl194420th Century-FoxH. Bruce HumberstoneBetty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye Joe E. Brown and Eugene PalletteBetty plays a pin up girl with one too many fiances.Pin-Up Girl, Once Too Often, Yankee Doodle Hayride, The Very Merry Widow, Don’t Carry Tales Out OF School, Red Robins, Bob Whites and Bluebirds
 Wing and A Prayer1944??Don Ameche, Dana AndrewsUncredited
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Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe194420th Century-FoxGeorge SeatonBetty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, William Gaxton and Beatrice KayBetty is a show girl in this glorious Hollywood musicalI Wish I Knew, The More I see You, In Acapulco, Play Me An Old Fashioned Melody, A Nickels Worth of Jive, Moody, Welcome to the Diamond Horseshoe, Cooking Up A Stew
The Dolly Sisters194520th Century-FoxIrving CummingsBetty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall, and Reginald GardnerBetty and June play Jenny and Rosie Dolly in this Technicolor film.I Can’t Begin To Tell You, Old-Fashioned Girl, Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl, We HAve Been Around, Carolina In The Morning, Powder and Lipstick and Rouge, Darktown Strutter’s Ball, Smiles
Do You Love Me?194620th Century-FoxGregory RatoffMaureen O’Hara, Dick Haymes, Harry James, Reginald Gardner and Richard GainesBetty does a bit part at the movies close with Harry James.I Didn’t Mean A Word I Said, As If I Didn’t Have Enough On My Mind, Moonlight Propaganda, Do You Love Me
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim194720th Century-FoxGeorge SeatonBetty Grable, Dick Haymes, Anne Revere, Allyn Joslyn and Gene LockhartBetty plays a suffragette.Aren’t You Kinda Glad We Did, For You, For ME, For Evermore, But Not In Boston, Stand Up And Fight, Changing My Tune, One, Two, Three, Sweet Packard, Waltz Me No Waltzes, Waltzing Is Better Than Sitting Down
Mother Wore Tights194720th Century-FoxWalter LangBetty Grable, Dan Daily, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall and Vanessa BrownBetty and Dan are a vaudeville teamYou Do, Kokomo, Indiana, There’s Nothing Like A Song, On A lIttle Two Seat Tandem, This Is My Favorite City, Rolling Down To Bowling Green, Fare-Thee-Well Alma Mater, Tra-La-La-La
That Lady in Ermine194820th Century-FoxErnst Lubitsch-Otto PremingerBetty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero, Walter Abel and Reginald GardnerBetty plays an Italian countessThis Is The Moment, The Melody Has To Be Right, There’s Something About Midnight, The Jester’s Song, It’s Always a Beautiful Day
When My Baby Smiles at Me194820th Century-FoxWalter LangBetty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc and Richard ArlenBackstage again, with Betty and Dan as a husband wife team.By The Way, What Did I Do, When My Baby Smiles At Me
The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend194920th Century-FoxPreston SturgesBetty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee, Olga San Juan and Sterling HollowayBetty carries a six shooter in the Technicolor old west flick.Everytime I Meet You, Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend, In The Gloaming
Wabash Avenue195020th Century-FoxHenry KosterBetty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris, Reginald Gardner and James BartonA Re-working of Coney Island with a different setting – (one of my favourites)Wabash Avenue, Clean Up Chicago, Wilhemina, May I Tempt You With A Big Red Rosy Apple Baby, Say You Love Me
My Blue Heaven195020th Century-FoxHenry KosterBetty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt and Mitzie GaynorBetty and Dan are — you guessed it — a couple of television personalities who are trying to have a baby.My Blue Heaven, Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard, The Friendly Islands, It’s Deductible, Halloween, Don’t Rock The Boat Dear, What A Man, I Love A NEw Yorker, Cosmo Cosmetics
Betty’s Final Films
The FilmYearStudioDirectorTop 5 Cast MembersDescriptionSountrack
Call Me Mister195120th Century-FoxLloyd BaconBetty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Dale Robertson and Benay VenutaBetty plays a USO girl entertaining troops in JapanJapenese Girl Like American Boy, I Just Can’t Do Enough For You, Baby, Love Is Back In Business, Whistle and Walk Away, It’s A Man’s World, Lament To Pots and Pans Call Me Mister, The Going Home Train, Military Life
Meet Me After the Show195120th Century-FoxRichard SaleBetty Grable, MacDonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert and Fred ClarkBetty’s finest dancing despite poor reviews, awesome dance numbers with Gwen Verndon. My personal favourite!No Talent Joe, Hot Night In Alaska, Meet ME After The Show, Let Go Of My Heart, Bettin’ On A Man, I Feel Like Dancing
The Farmer Takes A Wife195320th Century-FoxHenry LevinBetty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter, John Carroll and Eddie FoyBetty plays a cook on an Erie Canal barge.?
How To Marry A Millionaire195320th Century-FoxJean NegulescoMarilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, David Wayne and Rory CalhounWhile Marilyn dreams of jewels, Betty dreams of a hot dog and beer…my kinda gal…?
Three For The Show1955ColumbiaH.C. PotterBetty Grable, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Jack Lemmon and Myron McCormickBetty’s moves to Columbia to play a girl with one too many husbands.Someone To Watch Over ME, I’ve Got A crush On You, Friendship, How Come You Do Me Like You Do, Down Boy, Which One, I’ve Been Kissed Before
How To Be Very, Very Popular195520th Century-FoxNunnaly JohnsonBetty Grable, Sheree North, Bob Cummings, Charles Coburn and Tommy NoonanBetty’s final film, a musical remake of She Loves Me Not. An unmemorable film to end an illustrious film career. Also starring Fox’s newest ingenue Sherry North, who was groomed to be the new “starlet” to replace reluctant star Marilyn Monroe.How To Be Very, Very Popular, Bristol Bell Song, Bunny Hop, Shake Rattle and Roll