How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Directed by
Jean Negulesco

Writing credits
Zoe Akins (play) &
Dale Eunson (play)

Cast
Betty Grable ... Loco Dempsey
Marilyn Monroe ... Pola Debevoise
Lauren Bacall ... Schatze Page
David Wayne ... Freddie Denmark
Rory Calhoun ... Eben
Cameron Mitchell ... Tom Brookman
Alexander D'Arcy ... J. Stewart Merrill (as Alex D'Arcy)
Fred Clark ... Waldo Brewster
William Powell ... J.D. Hanley
George Dunn ... Mike
Percy Helton ... Mr. Benton
Robert Adler ... Cab Driver
Harry Carter ... Elevator Operator
Tudor Owen ... Furniture Buyer
Maurice Marsac ... Mr. Antoine

Tagline
The Most Glamorous Entertainment Of Your Lifetime in CinemaScope. You See It Without Glasses!

Plot
Three New York models, Shatze, Pola and Loco set-up in an exclusive appartment with a plan: tired of cheap men and a lack of money they intend to use all their talents to trap and marry three millionaires. The trouble is that's it's not so easy to tell the rich men from the huxters and even when they can, is the money really worth it?

Trivia
On the plane, Pola is reading a book called "Murder By Strangulation" which is how Marilyn Monroe's character met her demise in Niagara (1953).

In one scene the three women are talking to each other about who they would like to marry. Marilyn Monroe's character says she wouldn't mind marring Mr. Cadillac. Lauren Bacall's character replies "No such person, I checked". There was a Mr. Cadillac. He was the French governor of Canada (founded the city of Detroit and in 1710 was named the governor of Louisiana). The Cadillac was named for him and his surname lives on in the form of his descendants.