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Three for the Show

Three for the Show

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1955
1h 33m
5.9(8 votes)
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.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

52 members
Acting

Betty Grable

Julie Lowndes

Betty Grable
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Marge Champion

Gwen Howard

Marge Champion
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Gower Champion

Vernon Lowndes

Gower Champion
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Jack Lemmon

Marty Stewart

Jack Lemmon
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Myron McCormick

Mike Hudson

Myron McCormick
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Robert Bice

Charlie O'Hallihan (uncredited)

Robert Bice
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Paul Harvey

Harold Wharton (uncredited)

Paul Harvey
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Bess Flowers

Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
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Henry Slate

Sergeant Kowalski (uncredited)

Henry Slate
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Johnny Brazil

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Ettore Corving

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Mario Groscup

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Joe Mauric

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Wilson Morelli

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Ron Nyman

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Robert Street

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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David Ahdar

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Leon Alton

(uncredited)

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Tom Anthony

(uncredited)

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Art

Bill Boes

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

Bill Boes
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Eugene Borden

Costume Designer (uncredited)

Eugene Borden
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George Bruggeman

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Aileen Carlyle

Mother (uncredited)

Aileen Carlyle
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Gene Daily

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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John David

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Drusilla Davis

Dancer (uncredited)

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Hal K. Dawson

Theatre Treasuer (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson
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Rudy Del Campo

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Frank Dernhammer

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Burnell Dietsch

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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George Ford

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Joel Friend

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Kenneth Gibson

(uncredited)

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Paul Haakon

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
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Tom Kingston

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

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Don Kohler

Joe (uncredited)

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Tommy Ladd

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Charlotte Lawrence

Miss Williams (uncredited)

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Rudy Lee

Boy (uncredited)

Rudy Lee
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Charles Lunard

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Reed Maxcy

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Robert McKibbon

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Dorothy Phillips

(uncredited)

Dorothy Phillips
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Frank Radcliffe

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre
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Emil Sitka

Taxi Driver #1 (uncredited)

Emil Sitka
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Ted Stanhope

Harry (uncredited)

Ted Stanhope
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Willard Waterman

TV Show Moderator (uncredited)

Willard Waterman
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Gene Wesson

Billboard Reporter (uncredited)

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Leo Wheeler

Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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Robert B. Williams

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams

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