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59% Critic Match
Three for the Show
“LET'S GO! TO THE YEAR'S TOP MUSICAL SHOW!”
5.9 / 10• 1955• 1h 33m•NR• English
MusicComedy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Betty Grable
Julie Lowndes
Lead
Marge Champion
Gwen Howard
Gower Champion
Vernon Lowndes
Jack Lemmon
Marty Stewart
Myron McCormick
Mike Hudson
Robert Bice
Charlie O'Hallihan (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
Harold Wharton (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. H. C. Potter's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Three for the Show is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
