For sale is an original FACTORY SEALED BETTY GRABLE MOVIE SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES. This 1990s VHS tape of the 1942 movie is in like new condition. A fun Hollywood collectible.
The movie’s cast included Carmen Miranda, and Jackie Gleason. The plot concerns Lovebirds Vicky Lane (Betty Grable) and Dan Christy (John Payne) who made a marvelous Broadway musical team, but Dan’s offstage flirtations prompt the duo to split up. Vicky reunites with her old lover (Cesar Romero), and a regretful Dan trails them to a hotel in the Rockies.
Elizabeth Ruth Grable, born on December 18, 1916, was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Grable began her film career in 1929 at age 12, after which she was fired from a contract when it was learned she signed up under false identification. In 1940, she replaced Alice Faye in Down Argentine Way, her first major Hollywood film, and became Fox’s biggest film star throughout the next decade. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million. Throughout her career, Grable was a celebrated sex symbol. Her bathing suit poster made her the number-one pin-up girl of World War II, surpassing Rita Hayworth. Grable’s legs were insured by her studio for $1 million as a publicity stunt.
