Pin-Up Girl: Amazon.ca: Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown, Eugene Pallette, Skating Vanities, Dorothea Kent, Dave Willock, The Condos Brothers, Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra, Irving Bacon, Leon Belasco, Ernest Palmer, H. Bruce Humberstone, Robert L. Simpson, William LeBaron, Earl Baldwin, Helen Logan, Libbie Block, Robert Ellis: DVD

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Betty Grable in the role that she made famous throughout World War II. A classic musical romance with Martha Raye and Joe E. Brown.

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of Betty Grable's better musicals, July 6 2004

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This movie gets criticized for having a "weak" male lead. First of all, it's called "Pin-Up Girl" not "Pin-Up Man." I am not interested in the male lead. John Harvey does a good job acting as a foil to Betty Grable - and that's all that's required. The last Betty Grable musical I tried to watch (Moon Over Miami) was going great until the male lead showed up and KILLED it. Another thing it gets criticized for is the "weak" finale. Instead of seeing a big song-and-dance number (for the 1000th time), you get to see Betty Grable marching around some kind of women's auxiliary force. This may have been necessitated by the fact that she was pregnant at the time, but it's pretty interesting to watch. It is also super-patriotic, whereas "Pan-American Jubilee," the ending to "Springtime in the Rockies," was a nameless celebration of the Western Hemisphere that made me want to shove my VCR through the TV screen.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth The Price To Watch The Ending, April 13 2004

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J. Reynolds (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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This film's finale is a staged rifle drill by dancing girls -- and they perform as well as almost any military unit you will ever see, with Betty Grable calling cadence. It's worth watching the entire film just to see them march.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful confection!, Sep 21 2002

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Of course in this age of packaged pastries, that's a difficult metaphor to bite into. Forget the silliness of the plot (aren't all Hollywood plots, indies or otherwise, silly a year later?). Forget the mediocre songs. It's got a great cast, sensational clothes, wonderful sets & spectacular numbers. And it's light and deelish as a perfect meringue! They don't (can't) make them like this any more. (Sob).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not one of Grable's best, but still enjoyable.
This film, although not one of Grable's best, is still enjoyable. The plot is rather contrived, but is still humorous. Read more

Published on May 22 2000 by James A. White

4.0 out of 5 stars Pin-up pins down war hero
Grable plays Lorry Jones, a stenographer and part-time USO entertainer in this WWII flagwaver. Slight plot concerning fibber Lorry, who gets herself into all kinds of bother with... Read more

Published on July 30 1999 by Tom McGee