How to Marry a Millionaire
How to Marry a Millionaire is a 1953 American screwball comedy film directed by Jean Negulesco and written and produced by Nunnally Johnson. The screenplay was based on the plays The Greeks Had a Word for It (1930) by Zoe Akins and Loco (1946) by Dale Eunson and Katherine Albert.
Theatrical release poster
Monroe as Pola, Grable as Loco, and Bacall as Schatze
Pola is romanced by a phony tycoon, played by Alexander D'Arcy
William Powell as J.D. Hanley prepares to marry Schatze, with Loco and Pola as bridesmaids
Jean Negulesco was a Romanian-American film director and screenwriter. He first gained notice for his film noirs and later made such notable films as Johnny Belinda (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), Titanic (1953), and Three Coins in the Fountain (1954).
Jean Negulesco in 1986