I've been known to have a beverage or two and bet on a few horses. You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.
I'd like to meet:
You are Betty Grable
The ulitmate girl next door
You're the perfect girl for most guys
Pretty yet approachable. Beautiful yet real.
What Famous Pinup Are You?
I'd like to meet each and every one of you, but not all at once! Crowds are a bit much for me. I am the furthest possible thing from what a star should be. I just once would like to feel up to going to a premiere and enjoying the bright lights. I would like to know how it is to yearn for a white mink coat and a diamond brooch--to put them on and then go, bow graciously, speak into the mic, and sign autographs. That is how a star should behave. If I tried it, my slip would show and I would run like a rabbit on seeing the crowd.
Due to spammers, you must enter my last name to add me as a friend. Also, all comments must be approved. If you leave me a spam comment, you will be blocked. Kisses to the rest of you!
Music:
'I Can't Begin To Tell You' (With Harry James! I went under the name Ruth Haag so I wouldn't get in trouble with the studio! Ruth is my middle name, and Hagg is Harry's.)
"Dream Duo" James/Grable
Most of my songs are from my movies. Some of them can be found on the following CD's:
"Sweetheart of the Silver Screen"
"Pin-Up Girl" [there are a couple of these, one is a 2-CD release]
"Always the Ladys: Alice Faye, Betty Grable" [2-CD's with songs from movies. Jack Oakie is even in there! As well as John Payne, Carmen Miranda, June Havoc and so many others. These songs are taken right off the movies so they are exactly like you remember them...talking and all!]
"The More I See You"
Some of these CD's are hard to find...there are usually some on eBay.
Movies:
How to Be Very Popular (1955)
Three for the Show (1954)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Call Me Mister (1951)
My Blue Heaven (1950)
Wabash Avenue (1950)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
Hollywood Bound (1947)
Mother Wore Tights (1947)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Hollywood Park (1946)
Do You Love Me (1946)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Pin Up Girl (1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Coney Island (1943)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Song of the Islands (1942)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Moon Over Miami (1941)
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Man About Town (1939)
Campus Confessions (1938)
Give Me a Sailor (1938)
College Swing (1938)
Thrill of a Lifetime (1937)
This Way Please (1937)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Collegiate (1936)
... aka Charm School (1936)
Quiet Fourth, A (1935)
Old Man Rhythm (1935)
Drawing Rumors (1935)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)
Nitwits, The (1935)
Spirit of 1976, The (1935)
By Your Leave (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Student Tour (1934)
Susie's Affairs (1934)
Business Is a Pleasure (1934)
Elmer Steps Out (1934)
Love Detectives (1934)
Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)
School for Romance (1934)
Air Tonic (1933)
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)
What Price Innocence? (1933)
Melody Cruise (1933)
Child of Manhattan (1933)
Cavalcade (1933)
Crashing Hollywood (1932)
The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932)
Hollywood Lights (1932)
Hollywood Luck (1932)
The Kid from Spain (1932)
Over the Counter (1932)
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
The Age of Consent (1932)
Probation (1932)
Lady, Please (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Palmy Days (1931)
Ex-Sweeties (1931)
Kiki (1931)
Whoopee! (1930)
Happy Days (1930)
Let's Go Places (1930)
Television:
"Carol Burnett Show" playing "Herself" (episode . 1.21) 12 February 1968
"What's My Line?" playing "Mystery Guest" 29 August 1965
"Andy Williams Show, The" 8 November 1962
"Shower of Stars" (episode . 4.7) 17 April 1958
"Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" playing "Herself" in episode:
"Lucy Wins a Race Horse" (episode . 1.4) 3 February 1958
"Eddie Fisher Show, The" playing "Herself" 29 October 1957
"Bob Hope Show, The" playing "Herself" 25 January 1957
"Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The" playing "Herself" 2 November 1956
"Star Stage" playing "Cleopatra Collins" in episode: "Cleopatra Collins" (episode . 1.27) 9 March 1956
"Shower of Stars" in episode: "All-Star Line-Up" (episode . 1.10) 9 June 1955
"Shower of Stars" in episode: "Entertainment on Wheels" (episode . 1.3) 18 November 1954
"Shower of Stars" playing "Herself" in episode: "Premiere Show" (episode . 1.1) 30 September 1954
Books:
Betty Grable, the Reluctant Movie Queen
by Doug Warren
Pin-Up: The Tragedy of Betty Grable
by Spero Pastos
Betty Grable: The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs by Tom McGee
Betty Grable: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) by Larry Billman
Films of Betty Grable by Ed Hulse
Artsy/Fiction/Other: Pin-Up
by Hajime Sorayama
Betty Grable and the house with the iron shutters; an original story featuring Betty Grable
Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck, 1935-1956 by Rudy Behlmer
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties: 163 Glamor Photos by John Kobal (Editor)
Let's not forget the countless magazines...
Heroes:
Lillian Rose Hoffman, Hermes Pan, Betty Ritz, George Raft...
