Three for the Show

Three for the Show
Three for the Show
	Poster
Directed by	H. C. Potter
Written by	Edward Hope; Leonard B. Stern
Based on	Home and Beauty; by W. Somerset Maugham
Produced by	Jonie Taps
Starring	Betty Grable; Jack Lemmon; Gower Champion; Marge Champion
Cinematography	Arthur E. Arling
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Music by	George Duning
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 24, 1955 (New York City);
Running time	93 minutes; 89 minutes; (Sony print)
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.25 million (US)

Three for the Show is a 1955 Technicolor and in CinemaScope musical comedy remake of Too Many Husbands. It stars actress Betty Grable, in her last musical, opposite Jack Lemmon, Gower Champion and Marge Champion. It is based on the 1919 play Home and Beauty by W. Somerset Maugham, which was retitled to Too Many Husbands when it came to New York.^[2]

^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
^ Mordden, Ethan (2007). All That Glittered: The Golden Age of Drama on Broadway, 1919-1959. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-312-33898-5.