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Three for the Show (1955)

Three for the Show poster
Directed by
H. C. Potter
Genre
musical film, comedy of remarriage, romantic comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman finds herself in a tricky situation when her first husband, thought dead, returns after she has remarried. She navigates the romantic chaos of having two husbands at once.

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What happens

Three for the Show is a 1955 Technicolor and in CinemaScope musical comedy remake of Too Many Husbands. It stars actress Betty Grable, in her last musical, opposite Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion and Marge Champion. It is based on the 1919 play Home and Beauty by W. Somerset Maugham, which was retitled to Too Many Husbands when it came to New York. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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