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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 371439" data-attributes="member: 7">Betty Grable -- &quot;the girl with the million dollar legs&quot;, &quot;the queen of the movie musical&quot;, &quot;the quick silver blonde&quot;. Grable was mega-popular in the &#039;40s, before, during, and after WW2. She was a big moneymaker for Fox, starring in a host of frothy and colorful musical romances. Her 1943 (the year she was #1 in box office popularity polls) pin-up photo was the best-selling photograph during WW2. [USER=5079]@Crimson[/USER] here mentions how Grable had a unique persona of sexiness and vulnerability. She was the sex symbol, but the girl-next-door. Her corn blonde cuteness eventually lost its sizzle, and Marilyn Monroe took over the spot as Fox&#039;s biggest star in the &#039;50s. Grable was Fox&#039;s successor to Alice Faye, while June Haver was fashioned as a cheaper &quot;glamour girl&quot; alternative to Grable -- and, by extension, Faye. And then Monroe was considered the one that &quot;took over from&quot; Grable around 1953 when Grable started having some serious issues with Fox.[ATTACH=full]47475[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 371439, member: 7"] Betty Grable -- "the girl with the million dollar legs", "the queen of the movie musical", "the quick silver blonde". Grable was mega-popular in the '40s, before, during, and after WW2. She was a big moneymaker for Fox, starring in a host of frothy and colorful musical romances. Her 1943 (the year she was #1 in box office popularity polls) pin-up photo was the best-selling photograph during WW2. [USER=5079]@Crimson[/USER] here mentions how Grable had a unique persona of sexiness and vulnerability. She was the sex symbol, but the girl-next-door. Her corn blonde cuteness eventually lost its sizzle, and Marilyn Monroe took over the spot as Fox's biggest star in the '50s. Grable was Fox's successor to Alice Faye, while June Haver was fashioned as a cheaper "glamour girl" alternative to Grable -- and, by extension, Faye. And then Monroe was considered the one that "took over from" Grable around 1953 when Grable started having some serious issues with Fox. [ATTACH type="full"]47475[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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