Pin Up Girl
Seen it?1944 | 84 min | Music, Romance, Comedy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and mixed reviews, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved The Purple Rose of Cairo or How to Marry a Millionaire, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, romantic.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 24 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1944: an older pace and style.
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
Mixed reviews
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
- Betty GrableLorry Jones
- John HarveyTommy Dooley
- Martha RayeMolly McKay
- Joe E. BrownEddie Hall
- Eugene PalletteBarney Briggs
- Skating VanitiesSpecialty Skaters
- Dorothea KentKay
- Dave WillockDud Miller
- Nick CondosSpecialty Dancer (as Condos Brothers)
- Steve CondosSpecialty Dancer (as Condos Brothers)