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How to Marry a Millionaire

1953 film by Jean Negulesco
Movie film Q284362
How to Marry a Millionaire
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Summary

How to Marry a Millionaire is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,018 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jean Negulesco[3]
  • Screenwriter: Nunnally Johnson[4]
  • Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge[5], Alfred Newman[6]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[7], comedy drama[8], musical film[9], romance film[10], comedy film[11]
  • Cast member: Marilyn Monroe[12], Betty Grable[13], Lauren Bacall[14], William Powell[15], David Wayne[16], Rory Calhoun[17], Cameron Mitchell[18], Fred Clark[19], Alexander D'Arcy[20], Hermine Sterler[21], Maurice Marsac[22], Dayton Lummis[23], Tudor Owen[24]
  • Producer: Nunnally Johnson[25]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[26]
  • Director of photography: Joseph MacDonald[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Commons category: How to Marry a Millionaire (film)[29]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[30]
  • Review score: 7.2/10[31], 85%[32]
  • Color: color[33]
  • Country of origin: United States[34]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1953[35], April 2, 1954[36]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[37], Netflix[38], Xfinity Streampix[39]
  • Narrative location: New York City[40]
  • Film editor: Louis R. Loeffler[41]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color[42]
  • Title: How to Marry a Millionaire[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 95 minutes[45]
  • Capital cost: 1,900,000 US dollars[46]
  • Box office: 8,000,000 US dollars[47]
  • Costume designer: William Travilla[48]

Why It Matters

How to Marry a Millionaire has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Related Entities

Alfred Newman Betty Grable film Jean Negulesco Lauren Bacall Marilyn Monroe Netflix New York City United States William Powell

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 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] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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