Three for the Show

Three for the Show
Columbia, 1955, Color, 89 minutes, ***
Released February, 1955

A sort of musical remake of My Favorite Wife with Betty Grable having to make up her mind between Gower Champion and Jack Lemmon. And Marge is eagerly awaiting Betty's decision! Marge sings "Someone to Watch Over Me" (and Marge and Gower dance to the tune) and Jack and Betty sing "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" Funny film!

Produced by: Jonie Taps
Directed by: H. C. Potter
Assistant Director: Earl Bellamy
Screen Play by: Edward Hope, Leonard Stern
Based on a play by W. Somerset Maugham ("Too Many Husbands")
Choreography by: Jack Cole
All Music Under the Personal Supervision of, and conducted by: Morris Stoloff
Assistant: Fred Karger
Original Music and Arrangements by: George Duning
Songs: "Someone to Watch Over Me," "I've Got a Crush on You" (by) George and Ira Gershwin; "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" (by) Gene Austin and Roy Bergere; "Down Boy" (by) Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson; "Which One?" (by) Lester Lee and Ned Washington; "I've Been Kissed Before" (by) Bob Russell and Lester Lee
Art Director: Walter Holscher
Set Decorator: William Kiernan
Costume Design: Jean Louis
Makeup by: Clay Campbell
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Recording Supervisor: John Livadary
Director of Photography: Arthur Arling
Photographed in CinemaScope, Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Francis Cugat
Film Editor: Viola Lawrence

Cast: Betty Grable [Julie], Marge Champion [Gwen Howard], Gower Champion [Vernon Lowndes], Jack Lemmon [Marty Stewart], Myron McCormick [Mike Hudson], Paul Harvey [Colonel Wharton], Robert Bice [Sergeant O'Hallihan], Hal K. Dawson [Theater Treasurer], Charlotte Lawrence [Girl], Willard Waterman [Moderator], Gene Wesson [Reporter], Aileen Carlyle [Mother], Rudy Lee [Boy], Eugene Borden [Costume Designer]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "Someone to Watch Over Me" (a sort of "Punch and Judy Ballet" played by Orchestra, danced by Betty Grable, Marge and Gower Champion and Chorus behind titles); [0:03] unidentified instrumental (continuation of "Punch and Judy" ballet); [0:21] Which One? (sung by Marge Champion); [0:25] Down Boy (Julie's daydream sequence: production number sung by Betty Grable, danced by Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion and Chorus; instrumental portion includes excerpts of Stranger in Paradise); [0:36] Someone to Watch Over Me (sung by Marge Champion); [0:37] Swan Lake (Gwen's dream sequence: production number danced by Marge and Gower Champion, Betty Grable, Jack Lemmon and Chorus); [0:51] I've Been Kissed Before (sung and danced by Betty Grable); [0:52] I've Got a Crush on You (sung by Jack Lemmon and Betty Grable); [1:09] Someone to Watch Over Me (instrumental danced by Marge and Gower Champion); [1:21] How Come You Do Me Like You Do? (sung and danced by Betty Grable and Chorus); [1:27] I've Got a Crush on You (sung by Marge and Gower Champion, Jack Lemmon and Betty Grable)