Pin Up Girl (film)

Pin Up Girl is a 1944 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy motion picture starring Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, and Joe E.

[2] Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and produced by William LeBaron, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Ellis, Helen Logan and Earl Baldwin based on a short story titled Imagine Us!

Pin Up Girl capitalized on Grable's iconic pin-up status during World War II, even using her famous swimsuit photo in portions of the movie.

Lorry Jones is working as a hostess at the local USO canteen in "Missoula, Missouri," where she performs as a singer and signs photographs of herself for adoring soldiers.

Meanwhile, Lorry and her best friend, Kay Pritchett, have accepted jobs as stenographers in Washington, D.C., but they tell the soldiers that they are going on a USO tour.

Upon arriving in the city by train, they are welcomed by Navy hero Tommy Dooley, who fought at the Battle of Guadalcanal.

Molly McKay, star singer at the club, does not believe Kay, until Lorry, telling everyone her name is Laura Lorraine, performs a song without trouble.

Variety wrote: "This is one of those escapist filmusicals which makes no pretenses at ultra-realism, and if you get into the mood fast that it's something to occupy your attention for an hour and a half.

Betty Grable pin-up .