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No Betty Grable was not 15-20 years too old for the part of Loco, she was 35 at the time, she looked fabulous, acted with great charm , had wonderful million dollar legs, had the most on screen time, was top billed, got most money, outdistanced Monroe as a screen presence and with Bacall playing the straight man had no competition on screen. Monroe had the biggest build up on the movie, all publicity was aimed at her. she was in awe of Grable,s position at fox (although weaker than couple of years before, her box office pull was still something to behold, she was still listed as Fox's top moneymaker) thats why Betty Grable ruled supreme. Betty Grable was the number one female box office star for ten consecutive years no other female star can match her record.

Betty grable was 39 when she made Three For The Show, She looked fabulous, sung wonderful songs and outdanced the reigning blonde Marilyn Monroe who Grable handed the Fox Blonde crown to in 1953, this movie made in 1955 shows what a glamorous movie queen Grable could have continued to be. this movie was made at Columbia and Grable should have put down roots there, she was offered Pal Joey but turned it down, silly Grable . anyway as movie historys most successful moneymaker Grable reigns supreme. she outperformed Marge Champion and her then husband Gower, who 10 years later ignored Grable when she headlined in Broadways Hello Dolly his show, he sent his assistant to oversee Grables rendition of Dolly Levi. shame Gower! Grable the No.1 Star! No Columbia did not cheaply hire Grable, they paid her $200,000 for this movie, marilyn was still getting her $125,000 per film at fox.Other comments about being old and fat are vicious, Betty was stunning in this movie check youtube and see the clips from "Three for the Show".