![]() When Pin Up Girl was released, it received mixed reviews from critics. She was seven months pregnant when the movie was completed. However, it was decided the movie would be made as a musical, thereby replacing Darnell by musical actress Betty Grable. In October 1942, Linda Darnell and Don Ameche were set to star. June Hutton as June Hutton - Singer with Spivak Band.Bess Flowers as Arriving Club Diplomacy Patron.Betty Grable as Lorry Jones/Laura Lorraine.Things do not go her way, however, so she reveals that she is both Lorry and Laura. Laura then dresses as stenographer Lorry and visits Tommy to beg him to give "Laura" another chance. When Lorry finds out what has happened, she tells George she has no intention of marrying him. She introduces George to Tommy, who is insulted when he hears the truth. Molly is jealous when she finds out, but sees an opportunity to get rid of her when George comes to town and recognizes her as Lorry. Tommy responds by offering her a job at Eddie's club. She is hurt and tells him she is going to give up her stage life. Lorry sets up a date between Tommy and "Laura." At their date, Tommy tells her he loves dating an actress. She decides to disguise herself, so he will not recognize her as Laura. Lorry is assigned as his stenographer, but does not want him to find out her real career. Meanwhile, Lorry is bored with her life as a stenographer, until Tommy and Dud surprisingly show up in Washington. Two weeks later, Lorry and Kay are insulted with not having heard from their beaus. The men lose the women's address by accident. Lorry and Kay eventually spend their night dancing with Tommy and Dud and leave for Washington the next morning. Molly McKay ( Martha Raye), star singer at the club, does not believe Kay, until Lorry, telling everyone her name is Laura Lorraine, performs a song without trouble. Before Tommy can prove Dud wrong, Kay drunkenly tells them she and Lorry are in the Broadway musical Remember Me. Dud believes the two women are actresses. When Tommy and Dud arrive, Tommy thinks Eddie has set them up in blind dates with the girls. ![]() ![]() When Eddie is told that Lorry and Kay are escorts of Tommy, he lavishes them with champagne. She is not aware that Tommy is the best friend of Eddie Hall ( Joe E. ![]() Lorry does not want to leave and tells the lie that she is meeting Tommy and his friend, Dud Miller ( Dave Willock), in the club. That night, they try to get into the Club Chartreuse, but are not allowed to go in without escorts. Upon arriving in the city by train, they are welcomed by Navy hero Tommy Dooley ( John Harvey), who fought at the Battle of Guadalcanal. The night before leaving for Washington, D.C., they go out partying in New York City. Meanwhile, Lorry and her best friend, Kay Pritchett ( Dorothea Kent), have accepted jobs as stenographers in Washington, D.C., but they tell the soldiers that they are going on a USO tour. One of her suitors, Marine Sergeant George Davis ( Roger Clark), does not realize she has no real intention of marrying him. It is her job to keep them happy and routinely accept every marriage proposal. Lorry Jones ( Betty Grable) is working as a hostess at the local USO canteen in "Missoula, Missouri," where she performs as a singer and signs photographs of herself for adoring soldiers. Pin Up Girl capitalized on Grable's iconic pin-up status during World War II, even using her famous swimsuit photo in portions of the movie. Bruce Humberstone and produced by William LeBaron, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Ellis, Helen Logan and Earl Baldwin based on a short story titled Imagine Us! (1942) by Libbie Block. Pin Up Girl is a 1944 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy motion picture starring Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, and Joe E. ![]()
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