百万長者と結婚する方法
“あなたを三大スターが競演する映画の中に引きいれるシネマスコープ!”
あらすじ
気の強いシャッツィ、強度の近眼のポーラ、うっかり者のロコら3人のモデルは、大金持ちの男を射止めることを目的に、ニューヨークの高級アパートでルームシェア生活を始める。シャッツィは偶然知り合った男トムに誘われるが、みすぼらしい身なりの彼を失笑し相手にしない。ある日、大金持ちが集まるパーティに招待された3人は、それぞれ知り合った男と結婚にこぎ着けるべく奮闘するが…。
“あなたを三大スターが競演する映画の中に引きいれるシネマスコープ!”
気の強いシャッツィ、強度の近眼のポーラ、うっかり者のロコら3人のモデルは、大金持ちの男を射止めることを目的に、ニューヨークの高級アパートでルームシェア生活を始める。シャッツィは偶然知り合った男トムに誘われるが、みすぼらしい身なりの彼を失笑し相手にしない。ある日、大金持ちが集まるパーティに招待された3人は、それぞれ知り合った男と結婚にこぎ着けるべく奮闘するが…。
監督: Jean Negulesco
脚本: Nunnally Johnson / Katherine Albert / Dale Eunson
音楽: Alfred Newman / Cyril J. Mockridge
制作: Nunnally Johnson
撮影監督: Joseph MacDonald
制作会社: 20th Century Fox
Despite the flat-as-a-pancake orchestral opening at the start, this film is really all about Lauren Bacall. She ("Schatze") lives with fellow models "Pola" (Marilyn Monroe) and "Loco" (Betty Grable) and are down to their last cent. Unless they can raise some money sharpish, they are going to be out on the street - and none of these fur wearing, champagne swilling, women are in any way equipped for that! On their terrace one afternoon, they hit on a plan. Marry a millionaire. They all know plenty of them, they are gorgeous and the men usually too stupid, or vain, to know when they are being played. How hard can it be? Well, as this light-hearted comedy unfolds, they discover that separating the wheat from the intellectual chaff isn't that simple after all. "Schatze" takes a shine to "Hanley" (William Powell) but he turns out to be a surprisingly decent cove and she must look elsewhere. Then there's "Pola" - who has the eyesight of a very old mole. She alights on "Freddie" (David Wayne) before, finally, "Loco" who really hasn't a clue what she's doing with "Eben" (Rory Calhoun) and/or "Tom" (Cameron Mitchell). Thing is, though - aside from Powell, they don't appear to have any money? How will this solve their problem? Now we know that one of these boys is actually as wealthy as Croesus, but they are oblivious and believe it or not, they might actually be starting to think about their choices based on the "l" word! Bacall is in her element here. She epitomises her elegant and smart character. Monroe does the ditzy and affectionate rather well and Grable, well she docent really feature much at all as the story develops. The first film in Cinemascope and a curiously stage-bound choice for it, but that aside it's an engaging enough rom-com that allows three women to play the game for all it's worth.
