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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim

1947, Movie, NR, 87 mins

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In 1874 Boston, Grable is a typist for a shipping company. She and her boss, Haymes, fall in love, but their relationship becomes strained because of her "shocking" advocation of women's rights and participation in the early suffragette movement. Haymes will not tolerate such improprieties, but a few tunes and overworked jokes later, he comes around for the predictably happy ending. The studio thought they'd give Grable something daring and thus put her in a period picture t... read more leave a comment
Year: 1947
Rated NR

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Cast
Betty Grable: Cynthia Pilgrim
Dick Haymes: John Pritchard
Anne Revere: Alice Pritchard
Allyn Joslyn: Leander Woolsey
Gene Lockhart: Saxon
Elizabeth Patterson: Catherine Dennison

 

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Question: What's the title of the first movie Marilyn Monroe appeared in, and when was it released?Answer: This is the sort of question that looks so simple it's not worth answering, but like so many other things in life, it's more complicated than it looks. The very first film Marilyn Monroe shot was The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947), a Betty Grable musical about the women's suffrage movement; Monroe's bit part was cut out. Monroe's role in Scudda-Hoo! Scudda-Hay!, a comedy about mule training, was also a bit; it was uncredited and of her three scenes, two were deleted before the film's release. She can be seen paddling a canoe with the also-uncredited read more

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