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How to Be Very, Very Popular

1955 film by Nunnally Johnson
Movie film Q1767637
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How to Be Very, Very Popular

Summary

How to Be Very, Very Popular is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How to Be Very, Very Popular's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular was directed by Nunnally Johnson[4].
  • Nunnally Johnson wrote the screenplay for How to Be Very, Very Popular[5].
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular's composer is recorded as Cyril J. Mockridge[6].
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular's genre is comedy film[7].
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular's genre is LGBTQ-related film[8].
  • How to Be Very, Very Popular's genre is musical film[9].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Betty Grable[10].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Sheree North[11].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Robert Cummings[12].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Tommy Noonan[13].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Charles Coburn[14].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Fred Clark[15].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Alice Pearce[16].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Tony Randall[17].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Leslie Parrish[18].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Emory Parnell[19].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Minta Durfee[20].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Colin Kenny[21].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Milton Parsons[22].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Hank Mann[23].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Edmund Cobb[24].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Orson Bean[25].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Rhys Williams[26].
  • A cast member of How to Be Very, Very Popular was Andrew Tombes[27].

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Authorship and Creation

How to Be Very, Very Popular was produced by Nunnally Johnson[28]. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson[4]. Nunnally Johnson wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Betty Grable[10], Sheree North[11], Robert Cummings[12], Tommy Noonan[13], Charles Coburn[14], and Fred Clark[15].

Publication

How to Be Very, Very Popular was published on January 1, 1955[29]. The original language of it was English[30]. Genres include comedy film[7], LGBTQ-related film[8], and musical film[9].

Why It Matters

How to Be Very, Very Popular ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (332 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Related Entities

Betty Grable Charles Coburn film Jean Acker Robert Cummings Tony Randall United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    Producer → Nunnally Johnson
    Filmová databáze film id → 166526
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+89'}
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 166526, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
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