The Idea of You
2024 · Music · Comedy
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Film / 1955
Three for the Show
Directed by
H. C. Potter
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.
The story
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 GrableJulie Lowndes
Marge ChampionGwen Howard
Gower ChampionVernon Lowndes
Jack LemmonMarty Stewart
Myron McCormickMike Hudson
Robert BiceCharlie O'Hallihan (uncredited)
Paul HarveyHarold Wharton (uncredited)
Bess FlowersTheatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
Henry SlateSergeant Kowalski (uncredited)
Johnny BrazilMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Ettore CorvingMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Mario GroscupMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
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Joe MauricMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Wilson MorelliMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Ron NymanMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Robert StreetMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
David AhdarMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Leon Alton(uncredited)
Tom Anthony(uncredited)
Bill BoesMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Eugene BordenCostume Designer (uncredited)
George BruggemanMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Aileen CarlyleMother (uncredited)
Gene DailyMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
John DavidMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Drusilla DavisDancer (uncredited)
Hal K. DawsonTheatre Treasuer (uncredited)
Rudy Del CampoMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Frank DernhammerMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Burnell DietschMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
George FordMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Joel FriendMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson(uncredited)
Paul HaakonMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Kenner G. KempHotel Doorman (uncredited)
Tom KingstonTaxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
Don KohlerJoe (uncredited)
Tommy LaddMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Charlotte LawrenceMiss Williams (uncredited)
Rudy LeeBoy (uncredited)
Charles LunardMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Reed MaxcyMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Robert McKibbonMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Dorothy Phillips(uncredited)
Frank RadcliffeMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreTheatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
Emil SitkaTaxi Driver #1 (uncredited)
Ted StanhopeHarry (uncredited)
Willard WatermanTV Show Moderator (uncredited)
Gene WessonBillboard Reporter (uncredited)
Leo WheelerMale Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Robert B. WilliamsAssistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
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