June 1 movie: How to Marry a Millionaire. Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe star as three New York women trying to find rich husbands. I remembered enjoying this movie on previous viewings, but this time I kept comparing it unfavorably to Designing Woman. None of these women have lives aside from searching for a husband. I suppose that applying today's standards to gender roles in a fifty year old movie is a guarantee that I won't enjoy the movie. But they have to at least give me something to go on.
Oh, also Monroe wears an absolutely ridiculous pair of glasses, and somehow manages to make them look absolutely adorable.
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